Constitution of the Ukrainian People's Republic

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Constitution of Ukrainian People's Republic
The constitution's draft of the front page.
Created	Started 1917
Ratified	April 29, 1918
Location	National Archive Fond of Ukraine
Author(s)	Central Council of Ukraine deputies

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Constitution of the Ukrainian People's Republic

The Constitution of Ukrainian People's Republic (Ukrainian: Конституція Української Народної Республіки, romanized: Konstytutsiia Ukrainskoi Narodnoi Respubliky) is a constitutional document approved by the Central Council of Ukraine on April 29, 1918, but never promulgated. Hence the document never acquired the legal power. Nevertheless, it remains an important document from the period of the Ukrainian People's 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.^[1]

The constitution was composed of 83 articles, which were divided into 8 sections:^[2]