Constitution Day ( uk, День Конституції) is a Ukrainian

public holiday A public holiday, national holiday, or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year. Sovereign nations and territories observe holidays based on events of significance to their history ...

celebrated on 28 June since 1996.1996: THE YEAR IN REVIEW

The Ukrainian Weekly ''The Ukrainian Weekly'' is the oldest English-language newspaper of the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States, and North America. Founded by the Ukrainian National Association, and published continuously since October 6, 1933, archived copies ...

(29 December 1996) It commemorates the anniversary of the approval by the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

(Ukraine's parliament) of the

Constitution of Ukraine The Constitution of Ukraine ( uk, Конституція України, translit=Konstytutsiia Ukrainy) is the fundamental law of Ukraine. The constitution was adopted and ratified at the 5th session of the ''Verkhovna Rada'', the parliament ...

on 28 June 1996.

History

Immediately after taking office as

President of Ukraine The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...

, after winning the

1994 Ukrainian presidential election Early presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 26 June 1994, with a second round on 10 July. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1976 They were held ahead of schedule following a compromise between Pre ...

Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma ( uk, Леоні́д Дани́лович Ку́чма; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. Kuchma's presidency saw numerous corru ...

created the Constitutional Commission, which led to the adoption of a

constitution of Ukraine The Constitution of Ukraine ( uk, Конституція України, translit=Konstytutsiia Ukrainy) is the fundamental law of Ukraine. The constitution was adopted and ratified at the 5th session of the ''Verkhovna Rada'', the parliament ...

in 1996. (At the time the 1978 Constitution of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was in force in Ukraine.Ukraine celebrates Constitution Day today
RBC Ukraine (28 June 2021)) The Constitution was adopted by the

at 9:20 am on 28 June 1996 after deputies had worked all day and all night on the project, remaining in the session hall without breaks.The Constitution of Ukraine is 25 years old! Unusual facts about the main document that few people know
RBC Ukraine (27 June 2021) 315 people's deputies, out of a needed 300, voted for the adoption of the Basic Law. Constitution Day did become a

in Ukraine because its foundation was enshrined in the constitution itself (it is the only

that is mentioned in the constitution).See how the Constitution of Ukraine was adopted 25 years ago: historical photos
RBC Ukraine (28 June 2021) Soviet Constitution day (7 October) was never observed in the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

(the predecessor of modern Ukraine).The Ukrainian Resurgence
by Bohdan Nahaylo,

University of Toronto Press The University of Toronto Press is a Canadian university press founded in 1901. Although it was founded in 1901, the press did not actually publish any books until 1911. The press originally printed only examination books and the university cale ...

, 1999, (page 402)

References

External links

Ukraine celebrates national holiday – the Constitution Day
small explanation of the day and the

by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry (28 June 2014)
Birth of the Ukrainian State and Constitution
Ukrainian culture Society of Ukraine 1996 establishments in Ukraine Public holidays in Ukraine

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

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