Verkhovna Rada

Verkhovna Rada (Верховна Рада in Ukrainian) (literally "Supreme Council" or "Supreme Soviet" in English) is the official name of Ukraine's parliament. This name originates from a Soviet political tradition where a vertical system of Soviets (councils) existed. The modern Verkhovna Rada is the official successor of the Ukrainian SSR's republican legislature (which had the same name), which claimed Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

See also

• Politics of Ukraine
• Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union

External link

• Official website of the Verkhovna Rada (http://rada.gov.ua) (incl. Ukraine's legislation database).

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