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to respect поважати
respect for повага до
to perform military services виконувати військову службу

in compliance with відповідно до
to damage завдавати шкоди, псувати
cultural heritage культурний спадок
to pay taxes and duties платити податки та мита
in order to відповідно до
in amount у кількості
to determine визначати
power влада, повноваження, держава
government уряд, форма правління
to be divided into поділятися на
the legislative законодавча гілка влади
the executive виконавча гілка влади
the judicial судова гілка влади
to be headed by /to be led by бути очоленим the
Supreme Court Верховний Суд

Task2. Read and translate the text, write down all the unknown
words. Remember that your reading time is not more than 3 minutes.

The Fundamental Law of Ukraine
Governed by the Act of Ukraine’s Independence of August 24,
1991, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on behalf of the Ukrainian people
adopted the Constitution - The Fundamental Law on June 28, 1996.
The Constitution of Ukraine consists of preamble, 15 chapters, 161
articles.
The Constitution establishes the country’s political system, assures
rights, freedoms and duties of citizens, and is the basis for its laws.
Chapter I of the Constitution asserts that Ukraine is a sovereign and
independent, democratic, social, legal state. It is a unitarian state with
single citizenship.
Ukraine is a republic. The people are the only source of power
which is exercised directly and through the bodies of state power and local
self government. The land, mineral raw materials, air space, water and
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