UN Russian Language Day

{{Short description|International observance, June 6}}

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{{Infobox holiday

| holiday_name = United Nations Russian Language Day
{{lang|ru|День русского языка Организации Объединённых Наций}}

| type = international

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| duration = 1 day

| frequency = annual

| scheduling = same day each year

| date = June 6

| mdy = yes

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| relatedto = International Mother Language Day,
UN Arabic Language Day,
UN Chinese Language Day,
UN English Language Day,
UN French Language Day,
UN Portuguese Language Day,
UN Spanish Language Day,
UN Swahili Language Day

| firsttime = {{start date and age|2010|df=y}}

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UN Russian Language Day ({{Langx|ru|День русского языка Организации Объединённых Наций}}) is observed annually on June 6.{{cite news|last=Wagner|first=Ashley|title=Celebrating Russian Language Day|url=http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/06/russian-language-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608214306/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/06/russian-language-day/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 8, 2013|accessdate=30 December 2013|newspaper=Oxford Dictionaries|date=2013-06-06}} The event was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010. UN Russian Language Day coincides with the birthday of Alexander Pushkin, a Russian poet who is considered the father of modern Russian language.

The initiative of the UN Language Days was launched in February 2010 in order to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity and to promote equal use of all six of the UN's official working languages throughout the organization.{{cite news|last=Shasha|first=Deng|title=First-ever Chinese Language Day celebrated at UN|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2010-11/13/c_13604437_2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117195418/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2010-11/13/c_13604437_2.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 17, 2010|accessdate=30 December 2013|newspaper=Xinghua|date=2010-11-23}}