June 12, Russia celebrates one of its most obscure holidays - the day of Russia . For most people, this day is associated exclusively with an additional day off, on which you can relax from work and spend time in your beloved cottage. For some, this day is a symbol of Russian statehood, and it is revered by them as a patriotic holiday. However, another, quite large, group of people literally hates the day of Russia on June 12, and advocates for the postponement of the holiday or for its cancellation. How could a holiday with such a seemingly patriotic name be angry with people?
To answer this question you need to look a little into history and see what happened in our country on that day. According to the official version, the state of the Russian Federation was formed on this day. However, if you look closely at his education in a little more detail, you can easily notice that there really was no education, since Russia perfectly existed within the framework of the Soviet Union, collapsed by Yeltsin and Gorbachev. Russia Day is also called Independence Day. However, we got independence from whom? From the Soviet invaders? It sounds absurd, because Russia was the main driving force in the Soviet Union.
Thus, there is an obvious substitution of concepts. Instead of celebrating a significant day in Russian history, we celebrate the collapse of a powerful state, on whose traditions more than one generation of Russian people has grown. Of course, the Soviet Union can be treated differently, and there are many people who would not like to live under the Soviet regime now, but this does not give reason to substitute concepts and mark the great day in Russian history as the day of the beginning of political and economic chaos in the country.
For example, the day of the October Revolution, actively celebrated in the USSR, was called openly and understood. People who celebrated and still celebrate it are well aware that they are celebrating the day of the fall of the Russian Empire and the coming to power of borschoviks. While the day of Russia claims to be a kind of patriotism and unity of the citizens of Russia around national values, while not all citizens were happy about the liberals coming to power. By the way, the name “liberal day” would be more suitable for this holiday.
There are some more facts related to this holiday. So, on the day when we celebrate Russia’s day, Boris Yeltsin came to power in the country, whose rule left an unpleasant aftertaste in the souls of most Russians, and it is unlikely that there will now be many people who are ready to celebrate Yeltsin’s coming to power. In addition, this day is the birthday of Bush Sr. Of course, this may be a coincidence, but still I don’t really want to celebrate the birthday of the dubious American president instead of a patriotic holiday .
Of course, it is necessary to celebrate a patriotic national holiday. It is only necessary to change it to give and, now, a stained name. Are there really few glorious pages and legendary victories in our history? Is it really difficult to choose at least one memorable event and declare this day a holiday? We need a day so people don’t ask why the day of Russia is June 12 and did not meet him with just the thought of a free weekend, but on that day felt a sense of pride in their country.
Almost every country in the world has its own national day, the day of gaining state independence or the adoption of a constitution by the state. It is good when people remember the glorious pages in the history of their country. But only in Russia this holiday is celebrated on such an ambiguous date, which, apart from the oligarchs, cannot cause joy in anyone. Well, perhaps the situation will someday change for the better.