the National Revolution of the Ukrainian people in the middle of the XVIIth century

The origins of constitutional ideology of the Ukrainian state formation as the national one

We study the origins of constitutional ideology of the Ukrainian state formation as the national one. It is emphasized that the foundations of this ideology in Ukraine was founded in the middle of the XVII century, when on conditions of National Revolution of the Ukrainian people, the necessity of the development of the former Ukrainian national state as an independent, and mainly, sovereign was justified. It is emphasized that the attempt to introduce monarchism was caused by the need of external legitimization of the State.