[1] The day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) on 12 June 1990.

The passage of this Declaration by the First Congress of People's Deputies marked the beginning of constitutional reform in the Russian Soviet state.

Prominent Russian writers, scientists and humanitarian workers receive State Awards from the President of Russia on this day.

This is because the dissolution coincided with severe unemployment, high crime and poverty within Russia and other former Soviet republics.

For example, in Krasnoyarsk action thousands of people in white, blue and red robes formed more than a kilometer long tricolor.

[4] In Moscow, the holiday included a three-hour concert and concluded a six-month contest over the "Seven Wonders of Russia".

In Red Square 20 lines of stage pyrotechnics, confetti cannon in the colors of the Russian flag and 100 guns.