The Constitution of Ukrainian National Republic (Ukrainian: Конституція Української Народної Республіки, Konstytutsiya Ukrayinskoi Narodnoi Respubliky) is a constitutional document approved by the Central Rada on April 29, 1918, but never announced. Hence the document never acquired the legal power and remained forever as an important document from the period of the Ukrainian National Republic from 1917-1918.
The Constitution's main principle was separation of powers. This is not surprising given that it was modeled after democratic constitutions of Europe and the United States.
The constitution was composed of 83 articles, which were divided into 8 sections:
- Section I. General Principles.
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