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→History: Constitution Day did become a public holiday in Ukraine because its foundation was enshrined in the constitution itself (it is the only public holiday in Ukraine that is mentioned in the constitution).<ref name="CDU1624866748">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/styler/smotrite-prinimali-konstitutsiyu-ukrainy-1624866748.html See how the Constitution of Ukraine was adopted 25 years ago: historical photos], RBC Ukraine (28 June 2021)</ref>
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{{Short description|Public holiday in Ukraine commemorating the adoption of the Constitution (28 June 1996)}}{{Infobox holiday |
{{Short description|Public holiday in Ukraine commemorating the adoption of the Constitution (28 June 1996)}}{{Infobox holiday |
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| caption = [[Stamp of Ukraine]] commemorating the holiday |
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| holiday_name = {{black|Constitution Day}}<br>{{black|День Конституції}} |
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| significance=The anniversary of the signing of the Ukrainian constitution of 1996 |
| significance = The anniversary of the signing of the Ukrainian constitution of 1996 |
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| observedby=[[Ukraine]] |
| observedby = [[Ukraine]] |
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| scheduling=same day each year |
| scheduling = same day each year |
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| date=28 June |
| date = 28 June |
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| frequency=annual |
| frequency = annual |
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| duration=1 day |
| duration = 1 day |
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| celebrations=Speeches by politicians<ref>[https://www.unian.info/m/society/10168736-ukraine-marks-constitution-day-on-june-28.html Ukraine marks Constitution Day on June 28], [[UNIAN]] (28 June 2018)</ref><ref>[https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/514896.html Ukraine's leaders congratulate Ukrainians on Constitution Day], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (28 June 2018)</ref> |
| celebrations = Speeches by politicians<ref>[https://www.unian.info/m/society/10168736-ukraine-marks-constitution-day-on-june-28.html Ukraine marks Constitution Day on June 28], [[UNIAN]] (28 June 2018)</ref><ref>[https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/514896.html Ukraine's leaders congratulate Ukrainians on Constitution Day], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (28 June 2018)</ref> |
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'''Constitution Day''' ({{lang-uk|День Конституції}}) is a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[public holiday]] celebrated on 28 June since 1996.<ref>[http://www.unian.info/society/1389415-ukraine-celebrating-20th-anniversary-of-constitution.html Ukraine celebrating 20th anniversary of Constitution], [[UNIAN]] (28 June 2016)<br>[http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38117 Yulia Tymoshenko Goes On Trial A Day Before Constitution Day], [[Eurasia Daily Monitor]] (30 July 2011)</ref><ref name=UW29121996>[http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/1996/529606.shtml 1996: THE YEAR IN REVIEW], [[The Ukrainian Weekly]] (29 December 1996)</ref> It commemorates the anniversary of the approval by the [[Verkhovna Rada]] (Ukraine's parliament) of the [[Constitution of Ukraine]] on 28 June 1996.<ref name=UW29121996/><ref>[http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/ukraine_marks_constitution_day_323187 Ukraine marks Constitution Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729181808/http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/ukraine_marks_constitution_day_323187 |date=2014-07-29 }}, [[Ukrinform]] (28 June 2014)</ref> |
'''Constitution Day''' ({{lang-uk|День Конституції}}) is a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[public holiday]] celebrated on 28 June since 1996.<ref>[http://www.unian.info/society/1389415-ukraine-celebrating-20th-anniversary-of-constitution.html Ukraine celebrating 20th anniversary of Constitution], [[UNIAN]] (28 June 2016)<br>[http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38117 Yulia Tymoshenko Goes On Trial A Day Before Constitution Day], [[Eurasia Daily Monitor]] (30 July 2011)</ref><ref name=UW29121996>[http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/1996/529606.shtml 1996: THE YEAR IN REVIEW] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019080647/http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/1996/529606.shtml |date=2017-10-19 }}, [[The Ukrainian Weekly]] (29 December 1996)</ref>It[[memorialization|commemorates]] the anniversary of the approval by the [[Verkhovna Rada]] (Ukraine's parliament) of the [[Constitution of Ukraine]] on 28 June 1996.<ref name=UW29121996/><ref>[http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/ukraine_marks_constitution_day_323187 Ukraine marks Constitution Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729181808/http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/ukraine_marks_constitution_day_323187 |date=2014-07-29 }}, [[Ukrinform]] (28 June 2014)</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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51 hours after taking office as [[President of Ukraine]], after winning the [[1994 Ukrainian presidential election]], [[Leonid Kuchma]] created the Constitutional Commission, which led to the adoption of a [[constitution of Ukraine]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite book|last=Warshaw|first=Shirley Anne|title=The Clinton Years|date=2009|publisher=[[Infobase Publishing]]}} ([https://books.google.com/books?id=kDPB1E07cnoC&dq=Constitution+of+Ukraine+%2B+1996+%2B+Kuchma&pg=PA191 page 191])</ref> (At the |
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time the 1978 [[Constitution of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]] was in force in Ukraine.<ref name="CDU1624861158">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/ukraina-segodnya-otmechaet-den-konstitutsii-1624861158.html Ukraine celebrates Constitution Day today], [[RBC Ukraine]] (28 June 2021)</ref>) The Constitution was adopted by the [[Verkhovna Rada]] 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.<ref name="1624801938CDU">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/styler/konstitutsii-ukrainy-25-let-neobychnye-fakty-1624801938.html The Constitution of Ukraine is 25 years old! Unusual facts about the main document that few people know], [[RBC Ukraine]] (27 June 2021)</ref> 315 people's deputies, out of a needed 300, voted for the adoption of the Basic Law.<ref name="1624801938CDU"/> Constitution Day did become a [[public holiday]] in Ukraine because its foundation was enshrined in the constitution itself (it is the only [[Public holidays in Ukraine|public holiday]] that is mentioned in the constitution).<ref name="CDU1624866748">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/styler/smotrite-prinimali-konstitutsiyu-ukrainy-1624866748.html See how the Constitution of Ukraine was adopted 25 years ago: historical photos], [[RBC Ukraine]] (28 June 2021)</ref> [[Soviet Constitution day]] (7 October) was never observed in the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]] (the predecessor of modern Ukraine).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iPCPxwubpYUC&dq=Constitution+Day+Ukraine&pg=PA402 The Ukrainian Resurgence] by [[Bohdan Nahaylo]], [[University of Toronto Press]], 1999, {{ISBN|0802079776}} (page 402)</ref> |
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In the [[2000s (decade)|2000s]] most Ukrainians did not see Constitution Day as a holiday, but as an ordinary day off; about 10% believed it should be a working day (12% in 2008; this number had shrunk from 14% in 2003).<ref>{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.razumkov.org.ua/ukr/article.php/poll.php?poll_id=150 Як Ви ставитеся до Дня Конституції України? (динаміка, 2003-2008) ''How do you feel about the Constitution Day of Ukraine? (Recurrent, 2003-2008)''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214301/http://www.razumkov.org.ua/ukr/article.php/poll.php?poll_id=150 |date=2013-10-04 }}, [[Razumkov Centre]] (27 June 2008)<br>[http://www.razumkov.org.ua/ukr/article.php/news.php?news_id=100 Більше половини українців не вважають День Конституції святом ''More than half do not consider Ukrainian Constitution Day holiday''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213252/http://www.razumkov.org.ua/ukr/article.php/news.php?news_id=100 |date=2013-10-04 }}, [[Razumkov Centre]] (27 June 2008)</ref> Only in [[Western Ukraine]] was the holiday among the list of most respected holidays in Ukraine.<ref>{{in lang|uk}} [http://gazeta.ua/post/337664 Травневі свята найменше люблять на Заході України - опитування ''May holidays like least in Western Ukraine - poll''], [[Gazeta.ua]] (30 April 2010)</ref> |
In the [[2000s (decade)|2000s]] most Ukrainians did not see Constitution Day as a holiday, but as an ordinary day off; about 10% believed it should be a working day (12% in 2008; this number had shrunk from 14% in 2003).<ref>{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.razumkov.org.ua/ukr/article.php/poll.php?poll_id=150 Як Ви ставитеся до Дня Конституції України? (динаміка, 2003-2008) ''How do you feel about the Constitution Day of Ukraine? (Recurrent, 2003-2008)''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214301/http://www.razumkov.org.ua/ukr/article.php/poll.php?poll_id=150 |date=2013-10-04 }}, [[Razumkov Centre]] (27 June 2008)<br>[http://www.razumkov.org.ua/ukr/article.php/news.php?news_id=100 Більше половини українців не вважають День Конституції святом ''More than half do not consider Ukrainian Constitution Day holiday''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213252/http://www.razumkov.org.ua/ukr/article.php/news.php?news_id=100 |date=2013-10-04 }}, [[Razumkov Centre]] (27 June 2008)</ref> Only in [[Western Ukraine]] was the holiday among the list of most respected holidays in Ukraine.<ref>{{in lang|uk}} [http://gazeta.ua/post/337664 Травневі свята найменше люблять на Заході України - опитування ''May holidays like least in Western Ukraine - poll''], [[Gazeta.ua]] (30 April 2010)</ref> |
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In the [[2010s]] the popularity of the holiday hovered around 5% according to research by the [[Kyiv International Institute of Sociology]] (KIIS).<ref name="KIISphiUp1383CD"/> |
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The [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] that started on 24 February 2022 led to a reappraisal of this and other [[public holidays in Ukraine]].<ref name="KIISphiUp1383CD">{{cite web |author=Volodymyr Paniotto|title=PRESS RELEASES AND REPORTS - ATTITUDE OF UKRAINIANS TO PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND IN PARTICULAR TO MARCH 8|url=https://www.kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=reports&id=1383&page=1|date=7 March 2024|access-date=8 March 2024|website=[[Kyiv International Institute of Sociology]]|lang=English|archive-date= |archive-url= |url-status=}}</ref> A March 2024 study by KIIS found that the popularity of [[Independence Day of Ukraine]] and [[Defenders Day (Ukraine)|Defenders Day]] had both almost more than doubled (from 37% to 64% and from 29% to 58%).<ref name="KIISphiUp1383CD"/> Constitution Day did not nearly reach those figures: but it did became twice as popular, from 14% in 2021 to 29% in 2023 and in (an opinion poll held in February) 2024 28% of KIIS respondents labelled the holiday "most important or favorite".<ref name="KIISphiUp1383CD"/> |
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| Constitution Day День Конституції | |
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| Observed by | Ukraine |
| Type | National |
| Significance | The anniversary of the signing of the Ukrainian constitution of 1996 |
| Celebrations | Speeches by politicians[1][2] |
| Date | 28 June |
| Next time | 28 June 2024 (2024-06-28) |
| Frequency | annual |
Constitution Day (Ukrainian: День Конституції) is a Ukrainian public holiday celebrated on 28 June since 1996.[3][4]Itcommemorates the anniversary of the approval by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) of the Constitution of Ukraine on 28 June 1996.[4][5]
51 hours after taking office as President of Ukraine, after winning the 1994 Ukrainian presidential election, Leonid Kuchma created the Constitutional Commission, which led to the adoption of a constitution of Ukraine in 1996.[6] (At the time the 1978 Constitution of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was in force in Ukraine.[7]) The Constitution was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada 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.[8] 315 people's deputies, out of a needed 300, voted for the adoption of the Basic Law.[8] Constitution Day did become a public holiday in Ukraine because its foundation was enshrined in the constitution itself (it is the only public holiday that is mentioned in the constitution).[9] Soviet Constitution day (7 October) was never observed in the Ukrainian SSR (the predecessor of modern Ukraine).[10]
In the 2000s most Ukrainians did not see Constitution Day as a holiday, but as an ordinary day off; about 10% believed it should be a working day (12% in 2008; this number had shrunk from 14% in 2003).[11] Only in Western Ukraine was the holiday among the list of most respected holidays in Ukraine.[12]
In the 2010s the popularity of the holiday hovered around 5% according to research by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).[13]
The Russian invasion of Ukraine that started on 24 February 2022 led to a reappraisal of this and other public holidays in Ukraine.[13] A March 2024 study by KIIS found that the popularity of Independence Day of Ukraine and Defenders Day had both almost more than doubled (from 37% to 64% and from 29% to 58%).[13] Constitution Day did not nearly reach those figures: but it did became twice as popular, from 14% in 2021 to 29% in 2023 and in (an opinion poll held in February) 2024 28% of KIIS respondents labelled the holiday "most important or favorite".[13]
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