The program of festive events on June 12. Workshops on the grass near the cannons

On June 12, 2017, the country will traditionally celebrate the Day of Russia. In honor of this holiday, a wide entertainment program has been prepared in Moscow.

From June 10 to June 12, 2017, Muscovites and guests of the capital will be able to watch domestic films for free in 12 cinemas in the capital, listen to lectures by historians at fresh air, visit various master classes and enjoy the performance of the stars Russian stage. Sports events will also take place on these days.

Each park in Moscow has prepared its own program for the holiday. A literary festival will be held in Sokolniki, and concerts and DJ sets will be held on June 12 on the Fountain Square of the park, followed by a street music Festival"Our people in the city."

In the Bauman Garden for a Day Russia will pass festival new drama"Theatre. New Forms". Visitors to the Hermitage Garden will attend a tea party with a giant two-meter brass samovar. Lectures on Russian state symbols will be given in Krasnaya Presnya Park. There will also be master classes in aircraft modeling and kite design. - classes on creating a flag, and in the park of the 850th anniversary of Moscow there will be a disco under open sky.

In the Museon Arts Park in the evening from 21.00 to 22.00 there will be a concert young composer Ilya Beshevli accompanied by chamber orchestra imperialis. A concert will take place in Victory Park creative teams and performers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the Central concert orchestra Russian police. Stas Piekha, the Reflex group, 5 "sta Family and Ruslan Alekhno will also perform there. In honor of the holiday, a guard of honor will be held at the Eternal Flame.

On the big screen you can watch films by Alexander Sokurov, Alexei German Jr., Alexei Popogrebsky, Nikolai Ekk. The film "Faust" directed by Alexander Sokurov will be screened at the "Zvezda" cinema. Films by Alexei German Jr. will be shown at the Fakel cinema. The free film program also includes films made during the Soviet era, which took part in various film festivals.

IN holidays Muscovites and guests of the city will be able to listen to the series of performances "Military Bands in the Parks" under the auspices of the Spasskaya Tower festival.

For a long weekend, the Kremlin Riding School presents updated program"Equestrian Traditions of Russia" and will hold a parade performance and master classes in horseback riding.

Prepared my program exhibition complex VDNKh .. The Soyuzmultfilm film studio will celebrate its birthday these days. In the historical park at VDNKh, several sites dedicated to Russia "yesterday and today" will operate for three days, and a free zone with full immersion video content will operate in the park. Also in the park they will teach you how to dance Zumba, Latin American dances, belly dance and breakdance.

Luzhniki will host a festive race on June 11. The sports festival will end with a massive flash mob.

More than 150 festive events will be held in Moscow in honor of the Day of Russia. This was announced at a meeting on operational issues by the deputy mayor of the capital Leonid Pechatnikov.

According to him,

The festive marathon will be held from 10 to 12 June. “Festive programs have been prepared in cultural centers, museums and parks of the capital, more than 150 events will take place in total,” Pechatnikov said.

Among the largest events is the gala concert of the festival "Shield and Lyre" in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill, which will be held from 18.00 to 22.00, the music festival "Russia" in the museum-reserve "Kolomenskoye" from 12.00 to 20.00, a cultural and entertainment program with an exposition of the State Tretyakov Gallery "Art of the XX century" on Triumphal Square as part of the Cherry Forest festival.

The central event of the celebration of the Day of Russia will be a concert on Red Square with the participation of leading musical performers, which will begin at 17.30 and end at 22.00. Among the stars will perform Yolka, Igor Krutoy, Dmitry Koldun, Dima Bilan, Semantic Hallucinations, Alexander F. Sklyar, Valeria, Philip Kirkorov and Alexander Rosembaum. After the end of the event, festive fireworks await the guests.

Central Museum The Great Patriotic War on June 12 will make admission free of charge, and will also hold a flash mob "Anthem of Russia" with the participation of about 500 schoolchildren and students. This was reported by the press service of the museum.

“On June 12, the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War was the first among federal institutions will make visiting the museum free of charge and hold a patriotic flash mob "Anthem of Russia". As part of the event, about 500 students and schoolchildren of Moscow, members of youth and public organizations unfurling the largest national flag Russian Federation and perform the anthem of the Russian Federation to the accompaniment brass band Maimonides Academy of the Russian State University A.N. Kosygin. Everyone will be able to join the action,” the organizers of the event told reporters.
It is noted that the museum will host tours, master classes and interactive programs. In addition to the main exhibition in the museum, you can visit the exhibition "Symbols of the Russian State".

Also on Russia Day, the Museum of the Great Patriotic War will host the brass band of the Cultural Center of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which will perform popular melodies by Russian and Soviet composers.

Moscow parks have also prepared a special holiday program for the Day of Russia. On June 12, Muscovites and guests of the capital are waiting for 19 parks where entertainment events will be held, according to the portal of the mayor and the government of Moscow.

Visitors are waiting for poems from Pushkin's robot, tea drinking from a two-meter samovar, master classes in making flags and much more. Ten parks will host free film screenings. "Sokolniki": robot Pushkin and street music festival.

For two days, June 11 and 12, visitors to Sokolniki Park will be able to communicate with Pushkin the robot. The android will be brought from the "Robostation" to VDNKh, he has an outward resemblance to the poet and can read more than 600 of his poems.

Tea drinking from a giant samovar is being organized in the Hermitage Garden as part of the first All-Russian festival of Russian feasting and hospitality Samovarfest. Guests will be treated to tea from a two-meter brass samovar. At the same time, 500 people will be able to drink a hot drink from it.

The Day of Russia in Tagansky Park will begin with the distribution of 1,000 ribbons of the Russian tricolor. Guests will be invited to participate in the creation of a giant flag.

More than 8.7 thousand police officers, the National Guard and people's guards will ensure public order and the safety of citizens during the celebrations, follows from the materials of the meeting.

On June 12, on Tverskaya Street and Manezhnaya Square, you will meet all the best that happened during the 11 days of the Times and Epochs festival.

At the Dyakovskaya Culture site, you will see outfits and crafts of the Iron Age, taste beaver meat, learn how to cut bone and weave cords on weights. IN " Ancient Rus'» peoples are waiting for you early medieval: Russians, Vikings, Balts, Finno-Ugric peoples and Byzantines. The prince's warriors will show military exercises, the craftsmen will teach how to work in a forge, stamp fabrics, and knit marine knots.

Location " Medieval Rus' and Neighbors" will present the life of the times of confrontation between the Russian principalities and the Golden Horde. You will see the armor and weapons of knights and batyrs, take pictures with hunting falcons and horses. There will also be a fleet of siege machines, including the largest trebuchet in Russia. To visit a shoemaker's shop and an icon painter's workshop, take a look at the Moscow Kingdom of the 17th century site. At the same time, here you can observe the life of the archery field camp, learn how to handle pikes and muskets, and master calligraphy.

At the “Epoch of Peter the Great” site, you will find yourself on a Moscow street of the 18th century, arranged in the European style, visit the mint, the navigation school and the pharmacy order. You can get a lesson from the famous dance master. Do you want to feel like a brave cavalryman? Then we are waiting at the site "Patriotic War of 1812". A fencing school, a saddler's workshop and a field forge, a Russian redoubt and a Napoleon's army camp will open here.

A field camp of Russians, French and British will be set up at the location "Crimean War of 1854" mid-nineteenth century.

On the city square of Sevastopol, you can take a crash course at a cadet school, play croquet and take pictures in a retro photo studio. In the World War I training camp, soldiers will practice drill and bayonet fighting, nurses in the field hospital will bandage the wounded. Nearby there will be an exhibition of World War I equipment: Austin-Putilovets and Mannesmann-Mulag armored vehicles, the famous Renault FT-17 tank, models of Ilya Muromets and Fokker aircraft.

At the site "USSR in the 1930s" visitors are expected Board games, songs to the guitar and button accordion, a fashion show, a parade of athletes and an exhibition of retro cars. A recruiting station and courses for machine gunners, nurses, and air defense fighters will open at the Great Patriotic War location. And on the site dedicated to the post-war period, we will celebrate the Victory! The program includes marches from loudspeakers, dances to the accordion, an exhibition of Soviet and trophy military equipment. Here you can see the Jagdpanther self-propelled guns, Panzer T-2, SDKFZ armored car, Goliath self-propelled mine, Zundapp motorcycle, T-34 tank, Katyusha, ZIS-3 gun, Willis car.

A historical and entertainment cluster will be located separately. There will be a marketplace, an arena for historical fencing and a stage for musical performances. Near the cluster, you can admire the performances of the riders of the Kremlin Riding School.

Russia Day celebrate June 12. And it's a day off. In 2017, the holiday falls on a Monday, so we will work less and rest more. But where to go on Russia Day? Festive events will begin in the capital on June 10 and 11 and will last for several days. You will be able to take part in creative competitions, visit the fairs, and in the parks you will find sports for children, performances of artists and other entertainment.

Events in parks on Russia Day 2017

In Kolomenskoye it will be possible to join, and in the center of urban culture "Pravda" - to visit fairs and master classes and hear the sound of young performers within. Fans of robotics will be waiting in Kuzminki for android assembly competitions.

In Sokolniki, Russia Day will be celebrated with a literary festival: in a specially prepared huge book, everyone will leave their poems or just messages, and contemporary writers. At the same time, in the park, you will be able to meet famous athletes who will give master classes on healthy way life. In addition, they will be held in Gorky Park. There will also be demonstration performances of rescuers and cynologists.

In the Hermitage Garden on June 12 they will arrange, and the main character here will be a 300-liter samovar, claiming a place in the Russian Book of Records. Hundreds will be launched into the sky in Fili Park balloons the colors of the Russian tricolor, and visitors to Tagansky Park will be invited to draw the national flag themselves during a mass flash mob.

Day of Russia for athletes

For those who feel the strength to be not just a spectator, but a participant in a big city festival, there are several opportunities to realize themselves. On Sunday Luzhniki will host a charity multicolored run. To become a charity runner, it is enough to come to the designated place by ten in the morning and grab money and suitable clothes: athletes will be showered with paints along the way.

In Lianozovsky Park, an entertainment program with a sports bias for big and small visitors will be arranged: a family relay race, a tournament of the strongest people in the capital, and the final of the Amateur League championship. All this will be waiting for you from noon on the 12th. If you like frisbee or badminton more - welcome to Fountain Square. Outdoor sports grounds will operate on local lawns on Russia Day in parallel with the picnic. In addition, balance bike competitions for kids will be organized from ten in the morning, and races for older participants will be held three hours later. There will be an opportunity to show your strength, agility and speed in Goncharovsky Park. An extensive sports program has been prepared here for children and their parents. But in addition, you will see a body fitness tournament among the beautiful half of the Strong Fit Cup sports humanity. Children at this time will be entertained with fun starts and quizzes. The action in Goncharovsky will begin at two o'clock in the afternoon.

For lovers of two-wheeled transport, they prepared, the route of which will run along local attractions. To take part, it is enough to come to the site by eleven in the morning and take a health certificate with you.

cultural holiday

If you prefer cultural pastime, come to. Here you will get acquainted with the capital of the Soviet era and learn how Moscow became the main city of the country, see a hundred-year-old collection of glass and porcelain items and learn how to make interesting souvenirs with your own hands (after the master classes, you can take all the crafts with you).

Movie lovers on June 11 and 12 can safely go to. Viewers will be presented free of charge two dozen actual paintings, the "oldest" of which was released back in 1931, and one of the "young" - only a year and a half.

When you and your children are closer literary creativity, you will find a place under the festive sun in Sokolniki Park, where it will take place, and the robotic Alexander Pushkin will become a kind of headliner.

Pushkinskaya Square and Tverskoy Boulevard will become venues for the festival. There will be screenings of animated films and puppet workshops for the youngest visitors, while adults will be able to visit photo exhibitions and see a concert of folk and folklore groups.

Fireworks on the Day of Russia

Red Square will, of course, become the central platform for the Day of Russia. Solemn events here will begin at 17:00 - a big gala concert. True, to get to it, you will need special invitations. But, which at ten o'clock in the evening will decorate the capital's sky, you can see it from almost anywhere in the city: volleys will be launched at the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge.

A bit of history

Although a few years ago, many believed that Russia Day was the same as Independence Day, in reality everything is a little simpler: on June 12, 1990, the Declaration of Sovereignty of the RSFSR was adopted, and a couple of years later this date was made a public holiday, and the final name in 1998 came up with the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who, by the way, won the election on June 12th.

Moscow celebrates Russia Day 2017: On Sunday, June 12, more than 150 different festive events will take place in the capital in honor of Russia Day. The main event will be a concert on Red Square with the participation of popular artists and fireworks.

At the celebration of the Day of Russia, the capital's residents will have a wide cultural and sport program. There will be many options for where to go and how to spend the day with benefit. Festive events will be held throughout the capital. And since this Day of Russia is an official holiday, citizens will have a great opportunity to visit interesting places Moscow to participate and view the festive program.

Day of Russia 2017. Program of events

Festive events will be held at VDNKh, in Gorky Park and on Poklonnaya Hill. Fairs and festivals will work in Moscow on June 12. Various sports competitions are planned in the parks. Children will enjoy watching the kite show and the launch of hot air balloons.

Free film screenings will be held in 10 parks of the capital on June 12. In the Hermitage Garden, Krasnaya Presnya Park, Izmailovsky and Kuzminki Park, you can watch the film After You (2016) with the participation of Sergei Bezrukov. Visitors to Tagansky Park are waiting for the comedy about love of 2015 "Without Borders". Lianozovsky, Vorontsovsky and Perovsky parks will show "Girls", "Courier" and "Wedding in Malinovka".

And a giant samovar will be brought to the Hermitage garden on the Day of Russia. There will be held the festival of Russian feast and hospitality "Samovarfest". It is planned to create a giant tricolor in Taganka Park. Concerts and DJ sets are scheduled for May 12 at Fontannaya Square.

Day of Russia 2017 in Moscow: Full celebration program

Among the biggest events are the gala concert of the festival "Shield and Lyre" in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill, which will be held from 18.00 to 22.00, the music festival "Russia" in the museum-reserve "Kolomenskoye" from 12.00 to 20.00, cultural and entertainment scheme with the exposition of the State Tretyakov Gallery "Art of the 20th century" in Pobednaya Square as part of the "Cherry Forest" festival.

The central event of the celebration of the Day of Russia will be a performance on Red Square with the participation of leading musical artists which will start at 17.30 and end at 22.00. Among the stars will be Yolka, Igor Krutoy, Dmitry Koldun, Dima Bilan, Semantic Hallucinations, Alexander F. Sklyar, Valeria, Philip Kirkorov and Alexander Rosembaum. After the end of the event, a solemn salute awaits visitors.

Russia Day 2017 in Moscow: Sokolniki

On June 12, Sokolniki Park will host 4 large-scale events. At 12:00 on Festivalnaya Square, the “Big Training” of the Match TV television channel starts, at which the honored Russian moto extreme sportsman Marat Kankadze will perform. Football fans, especially fans of the capital's "Spartak", will be able to look at the Cup of the Russian Football Premier League, which the red - white won this year for the first time in 16 years.

After training and until 21:00 - a concert "Our people in the city" with the participation of young artists. The headliner of the event is the rock band "7B", popular, in particular, thanks to the song "Young Winds".
There will be something to see on Fountain Square: there will be another concert from 13:00 to 21:00, and guests of the park are also scheduled to meet with four-time Olympic champion in gymnastics Alexei Nemov.
From 11:00 to 20:00 on the stage "Rotonda" will be held the III Moscow Festival of Contemporary Literature. Among the visitors of the event was video blogger Nikolai Sobolev, who gathered more than 3 million subscribers on YouTube in a record period. He will present his own recently published book "The Way to Success".

Russia Day 2017 in Moscow: Krasnaya Presnya

In the Krasnaya Presnya park, they will learn how to competently fly kites and design airplanes. In addition, there will be a lesson on the history of the national flag.

From two o'clock there will be a performance by Russian Radio. The event will be hosted by the authors of the early show "Russian Peppers" and TV and radio host Dmitry Olenin. Speakers include Sati Casanova, Yulia Kovalchuk and Alexei Chumakov.

Moscow celebrates Russia Day 2017: Pushkinskaya Square
The festival town "Multinational Russia" will start working on the square from 12 o'clock. Tents "Country of cartoons" will be presented (cartoons about various settlements and peoples), the interactive "Power of Crafts" - a forge with a peck and anvil, the inspirited workshop "Land of Dolls" will open its own door. The guests will also be interested in the exposition "Country in Detail", showing the diversity of absolutely all 85 regions of the Russian Federation.

Starts at 14:00 big concert with the participation of national groups and artists. The event will be hosted by actress Yana Poplavskaya and performer Zarif Norov. The festival was initiated by the Federal Agency for Nationalities Affairs.

Russia Day 2017 in Moscow: Poklonnaya Hill

The Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War will open its doors on Poklonnaya Hill for free. On the Day of Russia, everyone will be able to visit dioramas, visit expositions and exhibitions, as well as open areas for weapons and military equipment.

The main event will be the patriotic flash mob "Symbols of Russia". Hundreds of students, teenagers, members of youth and public organizations will unfurl the flag of the Russian Federation and perform the anthem to the accompaniment of a brass band.

Day of Russia 2017 in Moscow: Tverskaya street, Teatralny proezd and Triumfalnaya square

Free excursions and fireworks await Moscow residents on Russia Day

From 12:00 to 20:00 on the section from Pushkinskaya Square to Manezhnaya, as well as on Okhotny Ryad, a large-scale celebration of the Day of the History of Russia will take place. The site will be divided into 17 thematic zones. Thus, the activities of weavers, potters and jewelers will be demonstrated on the territory of Dyakovskaya Kultury, equipment of Russian troops will be shown in the Rus and Neighbors zone, and board games and songs will be played on the site of the USSR in the 1930s. , look at the parade of athletes and the exhibition of vintage cars. In a space dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, machine gunners, nurses and air defense fighters will take courses.

At the same time, a special equestrian program will take place in Teatralny Proyezd. Main numbers - performances of the team of the Cavalry Escort of Honor Presidential Regiment and the Kremlin Riding School "Traditions of Equestrian Russia".
Art lovers will certainly want to head to Triumfalnaya Square - there will be an exhibition of the Tretyakov Gallery "Art of the 20th Century" and the Cherry Forest festival.

Day of Russia 2017 in Moscow: Festival "Multinational Russia"

12.00 - opening of the festival town on Pushkinskaya Square;

14.00 - press conference with the participation of the winners and jury members of the All-Russian children's competition"Dolls in national costumes peoples of Russia";

15.00 - 15.20 - musical and dance improvisations "Parade of Friendship of Peoples";

15.30 - 15.50 - the official part and the anthem of Russia performed by the participants of the concert;

15.50 - 20.00 - big concert program.

On the occasion of the Day of Russia, the Hermitage Garden will host a festival of samovars called Samovarfest. On the occasion of this holiday, the largest wood-fired samovar will be brought to the capital. The volume of this samovar is 300 liters. It will be included in the Russian Book of Records as the tallest brass samovar in the country.

The festival "Shield and Lyre" will be held on June 12 from 17:00 to 22:00. As part of this event, a gala concert of the winners of the XII festival is planned. musical creativity Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia "Shield and Lyre" with the participation of popular creative teams, performers from among the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the Central Concert Orchestra of the Russian Police.

Music Festival "Russia"will be held in the Kolomenskoye Reserve from 12:00 to 22:00:

12.00 - ensemble "Fidgets" (stage on the potato field), folklore ensemble"Besedushka" (interactive on the grass),
State Brass Band of Russia (at the entrance to the park);

12.30 - Moscow Chamber Orchestra Musica Viva (stage near the honey factory);

13.00 - Lyudmila Ryumina and the ensemble "Rusy" (stage near the Church of the Ascension of the Lord), children's hour with the theater of people and puppets "Eccentrics" (interactive on the grass);

13.30 - State Orchestra "Guslars of Russia" (stage on a potato field), State Brass Band of Russia (at the entrance to the park), Moscow Chamber Orchestra Musica Viva (pavilion of 1825);

14.00 - accordion ensemble "Russian timbre" (stage near the honey factory), Moscow State Historical and Ethnographic Theater (interactive on the grass);

2.30 pm - ensemble of sacred music "Blagovest" (pavilion of 1825);

15.00 - Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble (stage at the Church of the Ascension of the Lord), the State Academic Orchestra of Soloists "Russian Patterns" (stage on the potato field), children's hour with the theater of people and puppets "Eccentrics" (interactive on the grass);

15.30 - theater soloists New Opera» (the scene at the honey factory);

16.00 - soloists of the theater "Helikon-Opera", a ball in noble estate(pavilion of 1825), Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble (interactive on the grass);

16.30 - stars of the show "Dancing" on the TNT channel Adam and Nastya Cherednikova, dance flash mob (stage near the Church of the Ascension), Moscow State academic theater dance "Gzhel" (scene on the potato field);

17.00 - State Chapel of Moscow named after Vadim Sudakov (stage at the mead factory);

18.00 - theater "Helikon-Opera", gala concert (stage near the Church of the Ascension of the Lord).

Another interesting event scheduled for June 12 is the demonstration performance of the Presidential Regiment's horse escort. In Teatralny Proyezd, riders will demonstrate the art of riding and the skill of rebuilding in the best traditions of equestrian ceremonial.

A sports festival will be held in Perovsky Park on June 12 from 11:00 to 13:00, dedicated to the day Russia. There you can do fitness exercises and get a master class from athletes and professional instructors.

Day of Russia 2017. Salute. Salute points on the map

Red Square will, of course, become the central platform for the Day of Russia. Solemn events here will begin at 17:00 - a big gala concert. True, to get to it, you will need special invitations. But the fireworks, which at ten o'clock in the evening will decorate the capital's sky, can be seen from almost anywhere in the city: volleys will be launched at the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge.

Fireworks on Russia Day 2017. Where is the best place to watch fireworks

1. Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora - point No. 1 on the Alley of Partisans, 400 meters from the Museum of the Great Patriotic War
2. Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora - point number 2 on the hill at the entrance platform
3. Luzhniki - Lyzhnetskaya embankment, opposite the Big Sports Arena
4. VDNKh - on the square between Agricultural Street and the north gate of VDNKh
5. Novo-Peredelkino - a wasteland on the bank of the pond, Fedocino street, house 18
6. Lianozovo - on the bank of Altyfievskiy pond, Novgorodskaya street, 38
7. Izmailovo - a town named after Bayman, a site on the shore of the Silver-Grape Pond
8. Kyzminki - POCTO site, 3areche street, house 3A, building 1
9. Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo - the territory of the Tyshino airfield, 500 meters south-west of the Bolokolamskoe highway
10. Mitino - park behind the Aquamarine sports complex, Polovka street, house 5
11. Obrychevo - a sports ground 60 meters southeast of the main building of the RUDN University, Miklyxo-Maklaya street, house 6 building 1
12. Borisovskie Prydy - area of ​​the embankment of the Moscow River, Borisovskie Prydy street, house 25, building 2
13. South Butovo - on the bank of Chernevsky Pond, Akademika Pontryagin street, house 11, building 3
14. Levoberezhny district - Friendship Park, a site near the sculpture "Friendship of Continents", Festivalnaya Street, 2B
15. 3elenograd - on the bank of the pond in Pobedy park, Ozernaya alley, house 8
16. Troitsk - on the territory of the PAH Institute of Physics, 300 meters north-east property 11, Physical street, property 11

Fireworks for the Day of Russia 2017. Fireworks points on the map

Below you can find an interactive map of the location of fireworks points. In other words, see where the fireworks will be on the map.

Day of Russia 2017. Parking

In Moscow, on June 12, motorists will be able to leave their cars for free in parking spaces, according to site Moscow parking. It will be possible to leave the car without payment at any parking lot located on road network and included in the parking area of ​​the capital.

At the same time, flat parking lots with barriers will remain paid and will operate at current rates. CEO GKU "Administrator of the Moscow Parking Space" (AMPP) Alexander Grivnyak noted that drivers need to follow the rules traffic and leave cars only in permitted places.

Day of Russia 2017. History of the holiday

Russia Day before, until 2002, had the name Independence Day of Russia. Russia Day is a public holiday, and is one of the "youngest" holidays in the country.

Numerous surveys periodically conducted by the media or sociological services show that every year the number of Russians who do not know what date Russia Day is being celebrated is decreasing. The "Levada-Center" took up the statistical study. The opinions of Russians about the celebration of this day were studied. The information received showed that less than 1/2 of the population considers the holiday to be the Day of Russia.

A significant proportion of Russians call the solemn date Independence Day. A few more percent of residents consider the event to be the Day of the Declaration of Independence. Some perceive June 12 as the date of the election of the first Russian president.

Representatives of different generations already almost all confidently call the 12th day of the first summer month a holiday, a significant percentage of patriots consider it a significant date.

Russia Day: Popularity among the people

Despite the policy of popularizing the holiday, not all Russians know what holiday June 12 is. The Levada Center conducted a corresponding survey. The opinions of Russians about what is celebrated on June 12 in Russia are divided between Russia Day, Independence Day, and the Day of the Declaration of Independence. Some people remember that the first Russian president was elected on that day. In general, less than half of Russians know that June 12 is the day of Russia.

Such data was obtained according to the Levada Center:

47% of respondents - chose the correct option - the day of Russia;

33% live back in the early 2000s and voted for Independence Day;

6% - remembered Boris Yeltsin;

8% - did not answer;

4% - said that this is not a holiday at all;

2% - suggested options that stand out from the general list.

Day of Russia: At the government level

Russians subconsciously draw an analogy between the day of Russia, calling it Independence Day, and Independence Day in the United States. This is fundamentally not true. If the United States gained independence at the same time, from the moment the Declaration was signed, then Russia has been independent for a very long time, and the date of the proclamation of Russia as a state cannot be specifically named.

However, not only ordinary people they don’t know what holiday June 12 is, they find it difficult to determine it even at the top. As deputy Nikolai Pavlov rightly noted in 2007, the beginning of the Declaration of Sovereignty declares Russia to be part of the Soviet Union. The exact text is as follows: “Parrying, Alexei Mitrofanov generally stated that with the same success, on a par with a national holiday, June 12 can be considered the day of the Liberal Democratic Party, because on that day Zhirinovsky took 3rd place in the presidential election, which secured himself an influential place in politics." This is such a mess.

Day of Russia: History of the holiday

At the state level, this is, of course, today the most main holiday. This is the date from which the formation of a new statehood based on the principles of democracy began, civil law, federalism.

At first, the people were not up to the holidays. June 12 - what a holiday! A difficult situation in the country, default after default, crisis after crisis ... There is no time to delve into the essence of the political situation - to feed yourself and your family. At that time, polls were also conducted, and the results were not impressive - at the mention of Independence Day, people's eyes did not light up with patriotism, they did not understand the essence of the holiday. The only thing that pleased the Russians was an extra day off, which could be devoted to rest. The authorities, of course, sought to popularize the holiday, held rallies and demonstrations, but this was somehow held without enthusiasm.

All the same B. Yeltsin decided to change the meaning of the holiday by changing the name. In 1998, a proposal was made to rename it the Day of Russia, but the final decision was made only in 2002.

Today is the day of Russia - a symbol of national unity, Motherland, freedom, peace and harmony. The patriotism of the people is growing, perhaps this happened due to the successful winter Olympics in Sochi, the annexation of Crimea. Although we have not yet fully realized the importance of this holiday, but, undoubtedly, we have begun to relate to it much better. Perhaps the whole reason is that life in the country has improved somewhat.

Day of Russia: And what happened before ...

Celebrating the Day of Russia today, June 12, one should not forget about the centuries-old history and traditions of the state, because its formation did not take place in 1990, but much earlier, informs w. There were times when the glory of the state burned even brighter. And the fact that today we are independent is not the result of the signing of the Declaration of Sovereignty of Russia, but the centuries-old efforts of our ancestors, who earned this right at the cost of their blood and happiness.

There was an event in the history of Russia, which in its significance is comparable to the signing of the 1990 Declaration. This event is the election of Andrey Yurievich Bogolyubsky as Prince of Rostov and Suzdal. It happened on June 4, 1157. As a result, northeastern Rus' became independent in relation to Kyiv, and Andrei Bogolyubsky became the first elected prince. This is where the parallels need to be drawn.

Later, the Grand Duchy of Vladimir, in which Andrei Bogolyubsky ruled, became the Grand Duchy of Moscow. And already it served as the basis for an independent Russian state. So broke up Kievan Rus so broke up Soviet Union. Thank God that we managed to preserve the foundations of statehood at that distant time and in our recent past.

Program of events in Moscow for the Day of Russia 2017: where to go on the Day of Russia 2017, what to see in Russian capital on a long weekend - read about it in the material TopNews.

Day of Russia 2017: where to go in Moscow?

According to the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for social development Leonid Pechatnikov, more than 150 events will be held in the capital from 10 to 12 June 2017. The largest celebrations will be held on June 12, including: the gala concert of the festival "Shield and Lyre" in the Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora (18:00-22:00), the music festival "Russia" in the museum-reserve "Kolomenskoye" (12 :00-20:00), Interfax writes.

A cultural and entertainment program with an exposition of the State Tretyakov Gallery "Art of the 20th century" is planned as part of the "Cherry Forest" festival on Triumfalnaya Square.

The central event of the celebration will be a concert on Red Square, in idhumkz which will be attended by leading musical performers. The concert will take place from 17:30 to 22:00, then the festive fireworks will begin.

To congratulate Muscovites and guests of the capital on the Day of Russia in 2017 will be: Kristina Orbakaite, Chaif, Garik Sukachev, Animals, Degrees, Valeria, Sklyar, Sergey Trofimov, A-studio, Chicherina and other artists.

According to the deputy mayor, over 8.7 thousand police officers, as well as employees of the National Guard and people's guards, will ensure public order in Moscow during the holidays.

IN cultural center"House on the Patriarchs" from June 10 to 19 will host an exhibition of the theater actress "At the Nikitsky Gates" Yulia Bruzhayt. The first musical and gastronomic weekend of the FUNKY FOOD project will take place in Krasnaya Presnya Park from 10 to 11 June, and festival town on Pushkinskaya Square will open at noon on June 12. - there will be a festival "Multinational Russia".

In the alleys Tverskoy boulevard On the Day of Russia, a unique exposition "Country in Detail" will appear, which will tell about all 85 regions of our country. The culmination of the festival will be a big concert, which will begin at 15:00 with the Peoples' Friendship Parade.

The music festival "Russia" will be held in the museum-reserve "Kolomenskoye" from 12:00 to 22:00.

By June 12, the closing of the Art Football festival was timed, and 630 sq. m. m lovers of badminton and ping-pong.

In the museum-reserve "Kolomenskoye" you can see the exposition "The Sovereign Intercessor of Russia", dedicated to the anniversary of finding the icon "The Sovereign", and in the Kuskovo estate all events dedicated to the state holiday will be held on June 11.

History buffs will be able to visit the thematic tour "Sheremetevs in the fate of Russia in the XVIII-XIX centuries."

On June 12, a mass bike ride will take place in the Sadovniki park. From 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm, a concert by the young composer Ilya Beshevli, accompanied by the Imperialis chamber orchestra, will take place on the wooden terrace of the Muzeon Park of Arts.

In the park Northern Tushino there will be creative master classes in folk crafts and orienteering competitions. Visitors to Lianozovsky Park are waiting for family relay races, creative workshops and a concert.

Guests of Goncharovsky Park will be able to take part in sports competitions and watch a power extreme tournament among women. Outdoor games and quizzes are organized for children. The holiday will end with a concert on the main stage.

In Perovsky Park, visitors will be entertained all day musical concerts, and in the evening, visitors will have a quiz and a screening of the film "Wedding in Malinovka". A photo exhibition of the Russian Geographical Society "Peoples of Russia" will open in Vorontsovsky Park. At 20:00 there will be shown the film "Courier".

Guests of the Lilac Garden from 15:00 to 17:00 will enjoy the performance of stilt walkers, an informative lecture and a master class on creating a flag. An open-air disco will take place in the park of the 850th anniversary of Moscow.

Holiday guests in Babushkinsky park are waiting for master classes, a photo exhibition, animation and concert program and film screening.

By tradition, the Day of Russia in 2017 will end with fireworks at several venues in Moscow. You can watch the colorful fireworks on June 12, 2017 in the following places:

• Red Square.
• Tagansky.
• Babushkinsky.
• Goncharovsky.
• Izmailovsky parks.
• Garden "Hermitage"