Constitution Day День Конституції | |
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Stamp of Ukraine commemorating the holiday
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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 2025 (2025-06-28) |
Frequency | annual |
Constitution Day (Ukrainian: День Конституції) is a Ukrainian public holiday celebrated on 28 June since 1996.[3][4] It commemorates the anniversary of the approval by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) of the Constitution of Ukraine on 28 June 1996.[4][5]
In the 2000s most Ukrainians did not see it 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).[6] Only in Western Ukraine was the holiday among the list of most respected holidays in Ukraine.[7]
Soviet Constitution day (7 October) was never observed in the Ukrainian SSR (the predecessor of modern Ukraine).[8]
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