Day of Russia

Day of Russia
Russia Day is an important state holiday of the Russian Federation, celebrated annually on June 12. Until 2002, it was referred to as the Day of the adoption of the Declaration on State Sovereignty of Russia. This is one of the "youngest" public holidays in the country.
On June 12, 1990, the first Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR adopted the Declaration on State Sovereignty of Russia, in which the primacy of the Constitution of Russia and its laws was proclaimed. By that time, many republics of the USSR had already decided on their sovereignty, so this document was adopted in a situation when the republics became independent one after another. And an important milestone in strengthening Russian statehood was the adoption of a new name for the country - the Russian Federation (Russia).
By the way, on June 12, in addition to “independence”, Russia gained its first President on this day, but already in 1991 the first popular elections in the history of the country took place, in which B.N. won Yeltsin. It was he who, by decree No. 1113 of June 2, 1994, gave state significance on June 12, and the holiday itself was named - the Day of the adoption of the Declaration on State Sovereignty of the Russian Federation. Later, for simplicity, it was called Independence Day.