two short experiences of hetman bogdan khmelnytsky which in 1654 became part of the russian kingdom andurgeois ukrainian people's republic, which existed in the 20th century with interruptions for less than three years. they can hardly be considered a serious basis for their own statehood after the collapse of the soviet union , ukraine did not abandon the legacy of the ussr for a long time and lived according to its laws . ukraine adopted its own constitution only in 1996, 5 years after gaining independence, later than all the former soviet republics true, not having managed to properly build their own state, the ukrainian political top. immediately began to destroy his life according to the law turned out to be a serious challenge. especially. if you have the opportunity to change this law all the time or not comply with it, referring to politics, legal decisions, when the right is replaced by political expediency, the first example of such expediency was the refusal of the verkhovna rada to approve the results of the all-popular referendum of the year 2000, which was initiated by the