On June 6, the III International Scientific and Practical Conference dedicated to Pushkin Day of Russia – the International Day of the Russian Language – was held. Students and teachers of the Faculty of Philology of the Kuban State University, as well as students and professors from universities in Krasnodar and foreign universities took part in the celebration of the 225th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Pushkin. Pushkin’s poems were performed by students from Mongolia, Haiti, Togo, Nigeria, Mali, Chad, CAR, Syria, Lebanon, Angola, Mozambique, Abkhazia, China. Today, Russian is one of the six official languages of the United Nations (more details https://www.kubsu.ru/ru/node/42335)