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

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