June 6 – Russian Language Day 2021: History, Significance, News, Quotes, Images and More
Russian Language Day is celebrated each year on June 6.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO in February 2010 announced the day to be celebrated as the Russian Language Day which coincides with the birthday of Aleksandr Pushkin, who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet and the father of modern Russian literature.
Russian Language Day: Significance
The initiative was launched to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity and to promote equal use of all six official languages of the UN- English, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, Russian and French.
Currently, around 155 million nature use Russian language in the world (about 2.33% of the total population.) which is an important secondary language in other countries.
Russian is called an “International Language of Space” – and hence astronauts must learn it on the international space station.
It is the seventh most used language on the Internet with over 87 million users!
There are three genders in Russian language: masculine, feminine and neuter. 9. Russian’s closest language cousins are Ukrainian and Belorussian.
Russian Language Day: Celebration
There are many different ways one can observe Russian Language Day 2021. It can be either by spending the day by taking a look at some of the work that has been created by Pushkin.