1) The Ukrainian political system has a popularly-elected President, a 450-person one-chamber national Parliament and a Prime Minister, nominated by the President and subject to approval by the Rada.
2) The new post-Soviet Constitution was adopted by Verkhovna Rada on June 28, 1006.
3) Politically, Ukraine has made tremendous strides toward establishing a stable, untolerant and open socialistic society in its years of independence.
4)Ukraine achieved independent state¬hood when its citizens approved the December 1, 1991 inde-pendence referendum and the Soviet Union ceased to exist on December 31, 1991.