Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk

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The Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk is an early 18th-century Ukrainian political charter often regarded as one of Europe’s first democratic constitutions, outlining a separation of powers and limiting the authority of the Cossack hetman.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ukrainian political document ⓘ
constitutional charter ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
aimsTo limit autocratic power of the hetman ⓘ
strengthen rights of the Cossack council ⓘ
appliesTo Cossack Hetmanate ⓘ
Zaporozhian Host ⓘ
linked to: Cossacks
author Pylyp Orlyk ⓘ
country Cossack Hetmanate ⓘ
dateWritten 1710 ⓘ
describedAs early example of separation of powers ⓘ
one of Europe’s first democratic constitutions ⓘ
establishes Council of Officers ⓘ
General Council of the Cossacks ⓘ
linked to: Cossack Rada

separate executive branch ⓘ
separate judicial branch ⓘ
separate legislative branch ⓘ
follows Cossack customary law ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Orlyk Constitution ⓘ
Pacts and Constitutions of the Rights and Freedoms of the Zaporizhian Host ⓘ
hasPart 16 articles ⓘ
preamble ⓘ
hasTitleInUkrainian Пакти і Конституції законів та вольностей Війська Запорозького ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
influencedBy Orthodox political thought ⓘ
Treaty of Bender ⓘ
alliance with Sweden ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Old Ukrainian ⓘ
locationOfCopy Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Kyiv ⓘ
locationOfManuscript National Archives of Sweden ⓘ
mainSubject Orthodox Church autonomy ⓘ
limitation of hetman’s authority ⓘ
relationship between Hetmanate and Sweden ⓘ
rights of Cossack officers ⓘ
rights of common Cossacks ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
placeWritten Bender ⓘ
politicalIdeology Cossack republicanism ⓘ
early constitutionalism ⓘ
regulates land ownership ⓘ
military obligations ⓘ
taxation in the Hetmanate ⓘ
signedBy Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
Cossack officers ⓘ
Pylyp Orlyk ⓘ
supports independence of the Cossack Hetmanate from the Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
protection of peasants from abuses ⓘ
protection of townspeople ⓘ

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Cossack Hetmanate → constitutionalDocument → Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk ⓘ
Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk → hasTitleInUkrainian → Пакти і Конституції законів та вольностей Війська Запорозького ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk
Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk → hasAlternativeName → Pacts and Constitutions of the Rights and Freedoms of the Zaporizhian Host ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk
Pylyp Orlyk → notableWork → Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk ⓘ
Pylyp Orlyk → author → Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk ⓘ
Pylyp Orlyk → notableWork → Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk ⓘ
subject linked to: Orlyk