Constitution Day (Ukraine)
| Constitution Day День Конституції | |
|---|---|
 Stamp of Ukraine commemorating the holiday | |
| Observed by | Ukraine |
| Type | National |
| Significance | The anniversary of the signing of the Ukrainian constitution of 1996 |
| Celebrations | Speeches by politicians |
| Date | 28 June |
| Next time | 28 June 2017 |
| Frequency | annual |
Constitution Day (Ukrainian: День Конституції) is an Ukrainian public holiday celebrated on 28 June since 1996.[1][2] It commemorates the anniversary of the approval by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) of the Constitution of Ukraine on 28 June 1996.[2][3]
Most Ukrainian do not see it as a holiday, but as an ordinary day off; about 10% even thinks it should be a working day (12% in 2008; this number had shrunk from 14% in 2003).[4] Only in Western Ukraine the holiday is among the list of most respected holidays in Ukraine.[5]
Soviet Constitution day (7 October) was never observed in the Ukrainian SSR (the predecessor of modern Ukraine).[6]
References
- ↑ Ukraine celebrating 20th anniversary of Constitution, UNIAN (28 June 2016)
Yulia Tymoshenko Goes On Trial A Day Before Constitution Day, Eurasia Daily Monitor (30 July 2011) - 1 2 1996: THE YEAR IN REVIEW, The Ukrainian Weekly (29 December 1996)
- ↑ Ukraine marks Constitution Day, Ukrinform (28 June 2014)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Як Ви ставитеся до Дня Конституції України? (динаміка, 2003-2008) How do you feel about the Constitution Day of Ukraine? (Recurrent, 2003-2008), Razumkov Centre (27 June 2008)
Більше половини українців не вважають День Конституції святом More than half do not consider Ukrainian Constitution Day holiday, Razumkov Centre (27 June 2008) - ↑ (Ukrainian) Травневі свята найменше люблять на Заході України - опитування May holidays like least in Western Ukraine - poll, Gazeta.ua (30 April 2010)
- ↑ The Ukrainian Resurgence by Bohdan Nahaylo, University of Toronto Press, 1999, ISBN 0802079776 (page 402)
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- Ukraine celebrates national holiday – the Constitution Day, small explanation of the day and the Constitution of Ukraine by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry (28 June 2014)
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