Mini Constitution of Ukraine

Mini-constitution of Ukraine

The Mini Constitution of Ukraine is a miniature book of the Ukrainian constitution. It is the only manuscript containing the constitution of a post-Soviet state in miniature format.

Project

The initiators of the project consisted of 'Effective Solutions', a communications group, and Alekseev, Boyarchukov and Partners, a law firm. The latter took part in the editing of the Manuscript. The calligraphy was done by Igor Stepanov, who previously worked on souvenir mini-books.

Mini-constitution in the author's hands

The project aimed to complete the manuscript in celebration of Ukraine's Independence day. Afterwards, it was donated to a Ukrainian Museum.

Materials

The Mini Constitution used Indian ink and particularly thin and durable Finnish paper.

Contents

Mini-constitution, with a 1-hryvnia coin

A smaller version contains 33 basic articles (10%), selected by leading lawyers. The specimen's dimensions are 21×32 mm, with 1 mm letters. The entire 120-page book fits about 9500 characters.

External links

• Story about the presentation of the finished copy of the program TSN on channel "1 +1" (August 22, 2011)
• Story about the presentation of the finished copy in the "reporter" on channel "channel" (August 22, 2011)
• Story about the presentation of the finished copy on television "TRK Ukraine" (August 22, 2011)
• Story about the presentation of the finished copy on the TV channel "UBR" (August 22, 2011)
• Story about the presentation of the finished copy on the video portal on YouTube (August 23, 2011)
• Story about the presentation of the finished copy on TV "City" (August 22, 2011)
• Story about the presentation of the finished copy on the TV channel "Channel 5" (August 22, 2011)
• News about the presentation of the finished copy on the information agency "Interfax-Ukraine" (August 22, 2011)
• News about the presentation of the finished copy on "International Radio of China" (August 22, 2011)
• Photos from the presentation of the finished copy on the information agency RIA-Novosti(August 22, 2011)
• / Story about the presentation of the draft on TV STB (June 23, 2011)
• Story about the presentation of the draft on TV TVi (June 23, 2011)
• Story about the presentation of the draft on TV Inter (28 June 2011)
• Story about the presentation of the project on a video site on YouTube (June 25, 2011)
• Article in the newspaper "Holos Ukrainy"
• Law firm "Alexeyev, Boyarchukov and partners" site
• Сommunicative group of "Effective Solutions" site