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For the constitution of the Imperial Russia, see Russian Constitution of 1906
Russian Constitution of 1906

The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws, was enacted on April 23, 1906, on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma....


The current Constitution of the Russian Federation (; ) was adopted by national referendum on December 12, 1993. Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
's constitution
Constitution

A constitution is a system for government — often codified as a written document — that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity....
 came into force on December 25 1993, at the moment of its official publication. It replaced the previous Soviet
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
-era Constitution of April 12, 1978 of Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
Russian SFSR

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , also called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the Russian SFSR and the RSFSR for short, was the largest and most populous of the fifteen Republics of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union and became the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union....
 following the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993
Russian constitutional crisis of 1993

The Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 was a political stand-off between President of Russia and Congress of Soviets of RSFSR that was resolved by using military force....
.

Of all registered voters, 58,187,755 people (or 54.8%) participated in the referendum.






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For the constitution of the Imperial Russia, see Russian Constitution of 1906
Russian Constitution of 1906

The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws, was enacted on April 23, 1906, on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma....


The current Constitution of the Russian Federation (; ) was adopted by national referendum on December 12, 1993. Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
's constitution
Constitution

A constitution is a system for government — often codified as a written document — that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity....
 came into force on December 25 1993, at the moment of its official publication. It replaced the previous Soviet
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
-era Constitution of April 12, 1978 of Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
Russian SFSR

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , also called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the Russian SFSR and the RSFSR for short, was the largest and most populous of the fifteen Republics of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union and became the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union....
 following the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993
Russian constitutional crisis of 1993

The Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 was a political stand-off between President of Russia and Congress of Soviets of RSFSR that was resolved by using military force....
.

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.

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."

Structure

The constitution is divided into two sections.

Section One

  1. Fundamentals of the Constitutional System
  2. Rights and Liberties of Man and Citizen
  3. Russian Federation
  4. President of the Russian Federation
  5. Federal Assembly
  6. Government
  7. Judiciary
  8. Local Self-Government
  9. Constitutional Amendments and Revisions


Section Two

  1. Concluding and Transitional Provisions


See also

  • Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  • Law of the Russian Federation
    Law of the Russian Federation

    The primary and fundamental statement of laws in the Russia is the Constitution of the Russian Federation....
  • Constitution of the Soviet Union
    Constitution of the Soviet Union

    The Soviet Union was governed by three versions of its Constitution, following the 1918 Soviet Constitution established by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the immediate predecessor of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics....
  • 2008 Amendments to the Constitution of Russia
    2008 Amendments to the Constitution of Russia

    The amendments of 2008, which were proposed in November 2008 and came into force on December 31, 2008, have become the first substantial amendments to the Constitution of Russia of 1993 and extended the terms of the President of Russia and the State Duma from four to six and five years, respectively....


External links


  • , with the original Russian text and translated to English, German (Deutsch) and French (Français)
  • - The Constitution on the official Russian Government's website