"Russian National Day "
- ‘Russian National Day’ or “Russia Day” is Celebrated annually since 1992.
- On June 12, 1990, when the Soviet Union was on the verge of disintegration, the RSFSR, the biggest republic of the USSR, declared state sovereignty and became Russian Federation.
- The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) had a total of 15 republics before its disintegration in 1991, and the biggest republic RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) became modern Russia.
- 15 republics disintegrate from USSR --Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
- Mikhail Gorbachev was the president of the Soviet Union (USSR) during disintegration.
- Boris Yeltsin became the first President of Russia and served from 1991 to 1999.