| Constitution of Russia |
Presidential copy of the Constitution. |
| Ratified | December 12, 1993 |
| Signers | Citizens of Russia |
- For the constitution of the Imperial Russia, see Russian Constitution of 1906
The current Constitution of the Russian Federation (Russian: Конститу́ция Росси́йской Федера́ции; pronounced [kənsʲtʲɪˈtutsɨjə rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨɪ]) was adopted by national referendum on December 12, 1993. Russia's constitution came into force on December 25, 1993, at the moment of its official publication. It replaced the previous Soviet-era Constitution of April 12, 1978 of Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic following the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
Of all registered voters, 58,187,755 people (or 54.8%) participated in the referendum. Of those, 32,937,630 people (54.5%) voted for adoption of the Constitution.[1]
[edit] Declaration of adoption
"We, the multinational people of the Russian Federation, united by a common fate on our land, establishing human rights and freedoms, civic peace and accord, preserving the historically established state unity, proceeding from the universally recognized principles of equality and self-determination of peoples, revering the memory of ancestors who have conveyed to us the love for the Motherland, belief in the good and justice, reviving the sovereign statehood of Russia and asserting the firmness of its democratic base, striving to ensure the well-being and prosperity of Russia, proceeding from the responsibility for our Motherland before the present and future generations, recognizing ourselves as part of the world community, adopt the Constitution of the Russian Federation."
[edit] Structure
The constitution is divided into two sections.
[edit] Section One
- Fundamentals of the Constitutional System
- Rights and Liberties of Man and Citizen [1]
- Russian Federation
- President of the Russian Federation
- Federal Assembly
- Government
- Judiciary
- Local Self-Government
- Constitutional Amendments and Revisions
[edit] Section Two
- Concluding and Transitional Provisions
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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