June 6th is an annual celebration of the seventh most spoken language in the world: Russian. In addition to this, Aleksandr Pushkin, a poet who is considered the father of modern Russian literature, is also honored on this day.

• Russian Language Day was founded in 2010 by UNESCO as part of a goal to celebrate multilingualism and to promote the use of the UN’s six official languages, which Russian is a part of.
• June 6th was chosen as a commemoration of Aleksandr Pushkin.
• Russian is the most spoken language in Europe with over 150 million native speakers.