It was adopted by the Extraordinary Eighth Congress of Soviets of USSR on December 5, 1936. The USSR Constitution of 1936 was the most democratic constitution in the history of our country. By the content and structure, it was entirely different from the USSR Constitution of 1924.
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The Constitution of the USSR 1977
It was adopted by an extraordinary seventh session of the USSR Supreme Soviet of the ninth convention on October 7, 1977. The USSR Constitution of 1977 entered the history of the Constitution of Developed Socialism. It was adopted at the extraordinary session of the USSR Supreme Soviet of the ninth convention on October 7, 1977, and was called Brezhnev Constitution.
The Constitution of the Russian Federation 1993
It was adopted by the Nation-Wide Voting (Referendum) on December 12, 1993. Some 58 percent of participants in the referendum voted for it. The Constitution took effect on the date it was published in The Rossiyskaya Gazeta, on December 25, 1993. The Constitution became a manifesto of the new democratic Russia. An important distinction of the current Constitution from the earlier adopted ones is its special drafting procedure. Two of its drafts were simultaneously drafted; disputes concerning them caused the aggravation of the 1992/1993 constitutional crisis that resulted in an armed conflict in October 1993 and had chances of turning into the civil war.
5-month long calligraphy marathon, or an attempt to write the Constitution of the Russian Federation
Just like mountain climbing, calligraphy has its own peaks and stages. With all my calligraphy practice of many years, one of the significant peaks for me was writing the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Creating literary texts, especially when they resonate with your heart and come in harmony with the state of mind, resembles a pleasant promenade in the hills on a sunny day.
Campaign “Ribbon of St. George”
We remember the feats of our soldiers during the Great Patriotic War. We mourn those who never returned from the fields of battle. For five years Russian people have been participating in the campaign “Ribbon of St. George” as a tribute to the memory of the fallen and as a mark of respect to those who returned from the war. We remember the great feat of our country!
Interview with Petr Chobitko, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Union of Calligraphers
Late in the evening, on the eve of the Day of the Russian Constitution, our correspondent posed questions to the Chairman of the Presidium of the National Union of Calligraphers Petr Chobitko about the handwritten Constitution of the Russian Federation.
The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy was officially opened!
The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy was officially opened on December 9th. The first words about the show that come to one’s mind are: elegance, grace, style…
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The New Surprises of the December Exhibition
The first International Exhibition of Calligraphy was held in St. Petersburg.
To be able to answer the Petersburgers’ teasers the organizers of the Moscow exhibition invited Larisa Drygval, professional graphologist, DSc (psychology), the only Moscow specialists of the Inessa Goldberg School of Graphic Analysis to participate in the Mystery of World Calligraphy Project.
The process of writing the Constitution of the Russian Federation is almost over
The difficult and toilsome process of writing the Constitution of the Russian Federation manuscript is close to its end. The basic part of a hand-written masterpiece is transferred from St.-Petersburg to Moscow already. The rest is expected after the November holidays.
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The handwritten Constitution of the Russian Federation in miniature
Publishing house “BUKOS” began its preparation for the edition of an exact copy of the handwritten Constitution of the Russian Federation in miniature.
The books are here, the miniature editions of which are absolutely different from the high symbolic value of the originals. And, undoubtedly, the Constitution of the Russian Federation is one of those books, the sense and value of which is not decreasing, it doesn’t matter how many millimeters the calligraphic letters measure.
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