Russian Language Day is celebrated on June 6 on the birthday of the Great Russian poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. In 2023, this holiday is of particular importance, since in the CIS countries this year is declared the Year of Russian Language as the language of Interethnic communication. Teachers and students of Southern Federal University take an active part in this event. Foreign students of the Department of the Russian Language and General Education Disciplines of the International Institute of Interdisciplinary Education and Ibero-American Studies of SFedU did not stand aside either. On Russian language and literature classes the biography and work of this outstanding figure of Russian culture, as well as participate in various thematic quests and flash mobs, reading poems, recording songs and answering quiz questions are introduced to the students.

Since 2010, the International Day of Russian Language has been celebrated all over the world on the initiative of the United Nations. The date was not chosen by chance: the 6^th of June is the birthday of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, a great writer, poet, and playwright. Pushkin is considered to be the creator of modern literary Russian language. 

Russian language is one of the largest languages in the world, the most widely spoken of Slavic languages, the most widely spoken European language in the geographical sense and ranks among top ten world languages in terms of the total number of speakers. Russian culture and Russian language continue to unite people from different countries.