Historiographical Influence of Ukrainian Constitutions on the Constitution of the Ukrainian Far Eastern Republic

Abstract

The Ukrainian nation has been struggling for freedom and independence, for its own statehood and sovereignty for centuries, as evidenced by the chronological framework of Ukrainian historiography. Thus, it is believed that the first Ukrainian Constitution was the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk of 1710, the provisions of which are based on the democratic principles of social life, unknown at that time, that is, a free and independent state based on the right of the people to freedom and selfdetermination. In order to comprehensively study the Constitution of the Ukrainian Far Eastern Republic, it is necessary to pay attention to the context of its influence by the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk of 1710 in relation to the Constitutions of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Western Ukrainian People's Republic. The Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk of 1710 was an important source of inspiration for the developers of the Constitution of the Ukrainian People's Republic of 1918, which, in turn, taking into account the new historical conditions, social changes and global trends in the development of constitutionalism, was the basis for the development of the Constitution of the Ukrainian Far Eastern Republic and the Constitution of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic. The identification of such an influence of the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk of 1710 on other Ukrainian Constitutions testifies to certain legal traditions that permeate various stages of Ukrainian statehood, and an understanding of the historical roots of modern Ukrainian law contributes to its further development. Another organic continuation of the traditions of Ukrainian constitutionalism, which originates from the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk of 1710, is the Constitution of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic, which synthesized the experience of state-building of the Ukrainian People's Republic and took into account the specific conditions of the western Ukrainian lands