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4.independent d) right, control, authority;
5.anthem e)condition of having personal rights and social
and political liberty

Supplementary tasks

Task 1. Read the dialogues and act them. Make up your own dialogues
on the following topics with your partner:
1. Structure of the fundamental law of Ukraine.
2. State Symbols of Ukraine.
3. Privileges and restrictions under the Constitution.
4. The rights of Ukrainian people.
5. Duties of the citizens of Ukraine.

Dialogue 1.
- Hi! Where are you?
- Hi! I’m in the library. I’m working on my report on English.
- What is the topic?
- “The First Constitution of Ukraine”.
- Have you found anything interesting?
- Oh, yes. You can’t even imagine that the Constitution of Ukraine is the
oldest constitution in the world.
- Really? When was it written?
- In 1710.
- It seems to me that the author is Pylyp Orlyk.
- That’s right.
- But why is it called Bendery Constitution?
- Because it was written in Bendery and that’s why it got such name.
- Are there so many chapters and articles as in present Constitution?
- The document is made up of a preamble and 16 articles.
- I can’t even imagine what can be written there?
- It separated the powers in government between the legislative,
executive, and judiciary branches. The Constitution also limited the
executive authority of the hetman, and established a democratically
elected Cossack parliament.
- Was this Constitution unique for its historic period?

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