Development and adoption of the draft Constitution of the Republic Sakha (Yakutia): the historical aspect

Modern Yakutia begins its historical development with the collapse of the Soviet state, when the process of democratization of society in the entire post-Soviet space began. This era implied numerous and fundamental changes in all spheres of life of the people of Yakutia, including the transformation of constitutional orders. This meant the construction of a new political system under the new realities of state relations. One of the first steps of the new life was the development of the fundamental principle of building a new state, namely, the creation of the Constitution as the basic law and the main source of law, which would enshrine the foundations of the state system. This paper considers the issue of constitutional formation in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) from the point of view of historical analysis of the process of development and writing of the basic law. The study is made with the involvement of legal sources and research literature. The study of the topic of constitutional formation in the Republic of Sakha contributes to the identification of the peculiarities of the constitutional system of this subject of the Russian Federation and its differences from other regions.

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