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The Fundamental Law of Ukraine was adopted…
The Constitution establishes …
Ukraine is a sovereign …
The power is exercised directly …
The state symbols of Ukraine are …
Every person has the right to …
There are no privileges of …
The Constitution guarantees the rights …
Every person shall pay …
The only body of the legislative power in Ukraine is …
The highest body of the executive power is …
The territorial structure of Ukraine is composed of …
Exercise 10. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. You must use your professional knowledge and active vocabulary of the Unit.
standards, yellow, the trident, coat of arms, century, a symbol, a visible symbol, the national flag, Ukrainian National Republic, is found.
Coat of Arms
The oldest … of Ukraine is …. It was the coat of arms of the land of Prince Volodymyr the Great and his dynasty and it was undoubtedly used as early as 10th …. The classic form of the Ukrainian trident … on the gold and silver coins of Volodymyr the Great (979-1015). The coat of arms of the Halych princes – the lion – is known to have been used as early as 1316.
In the middle of the nineteenth century the national revolutions marked the course of European history. The necessity arose for … of the self-determination of the Ukrainian nation. Seeking inspiration in the glorious historical past, the Supreme Ruthenian Rada in Lviv, reviving in 1848 the coat of arms of the former kingdom accepted the armorial tinctures as the combination of national colors of Ukraine. Both the light blue flag with the golden crowned lion and the horizontally striped flag were used at that time and the latter soon became … in Galicia as well as all over Ukraine.
The composition of national colors was decreed by a law of the independent … on March 22, 1918.
The light blue above … flag was established for the Western Ukrainian National Republic on November 13, 1918, and for the Carpatho-Ukrainian Republic on March 15, 1939, as … of the all-Ukrainian unity.
Both the yellow above light blue flag and the light blue above yellow flag were hoisted until 1949, and borne as military … and colors during the War of Liberation of 1917-20. The light blue above yellow flag was provisionally confirmed by the Ukrainian National Rada in exile on June 27, 1949.
Glossary
undoubtedly безсумнівно
to revive відроджувати
armorial геральдичний
tincture відтінок
to hoist підіймати
to bear нести
Exercise 11. Match each word in part A with the definition of a word
In column B.
A. republic, term, anthem, to elect banner, coat of arms, yellow, capital, deputy, emblem, water, to develop.
B. 1.A visual symbol designed according to the rules of heraldry that belongs to a state, city, or family, and is passed on from generation to generation.
The official song of a state or a nation.
A light elementary color between green and orange in the spectrum.
A standart, or a flag of a country or organization.
A chief city.
To advance to a more complete or complex form.
A transparent liquid without color or odor, composed of hydrogen and oxygen.
A symbol.
A state in which the sovereign power is vested in representatives chosen by the people.
10. One appointed to act for another.
11.To choose.
12. A limit or boundary, a fixed period of time.
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