The term "constitution" is translated from Latin as "device" or "establishment". That it is the basic law of a non-authoritarian state, in accordance with which and on which the presidents take the oath of office, assuming office. In Russia, as in many other countries, the constitution was adopted by the decision of the constituent assembly.
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In the material sense, this document is a set of certain legal norms that determine the course of work of the highest organs of the state. They form the order and course of functioning, mutual relations and competence, as well as the fundamental positions of citizens in relation to state power. The legal field also divides two constitutional concepts - legal and factual. The first is a set of legal rules governing a certain circle of relations within society, and the second is a real relationship.
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The Constitution also differs from other laws in force in the state according to the following principles - it has the highest legal force, enshrines the provisions of the current state system, determines the basic rights and freedoms in the country, as well as the form of the state itself and the highest authorities. There are the following differences - the constitution is characterized by greater stability and less variability, it is the basis for the rest of the legislation, it is distinguished by a special order of adoption and the complexity of the changes.
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In the state, several functions are assigned to the adopted constitution. Constituent is a reflection of changes in public life and is the political and legal basis for the development of this society. Organizational consolidates the already achieved results of the state system and sets new tasks for it. The foreign policy regulates the political life of the country, and the ideological one is fixed in the document and promotes a certain political doctrine as dominating the rest (as it was, for example, in the USSR).
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The Constitution of the Russian Federation was adopted on December 12, 1993 as a result of a popular vote, and entered into force on December 25 of that year. As a result, the previously existing Congress of People’s Deputies of Russia was abolished and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, which consists of the Council of Federations with two representatives from each state entity and the State Duma, whose members are elected by popular vote, was launched. The Constitution of the Russian Federation is a bond of the state system of the country, which determines state rights and freedoms, the form of statehood and the actions of the highest executive bodies. The President of Russia is considered to have officially taken office only after taking the official oath of office on the Constitution.
