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03.11.2021 Exhibition "Constitution of May 3 (1791) - the first democratically adopted Constitution in Europe"

On November 3, 2021, at 15.00, the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan will host the opening of the exhibition "Constitution of May 3 (1791)", organized by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Almaty and the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The exhibition "Constitution of May 3 (1791)"The exhibition is dedicated to the 230th anniversary of the first modern, democratically adopted constitution in Europe. Constitution of May 3, 1791 "Konstytucja 3 Maja (1791)” it was adopted by the Four-Year Sejm, the estate-representative body of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - the personal union of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The work on drafting the constitutional act began on October 6, 1788 and lasted 32 months; the document, designed to eliminate the shortcomings of the country's political system, was adopted under the name "Government Act" (in Polish "Ustawa rządowa", "State Charter").

Part of the exhibition materials is devoted to publications on the adopted Constitution of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which was translated into English and French (the merit of the Polish ambassador in London - Fratsiszek Bukaty, who organized the translation of the Government Law). The first mention of the proclamation of the Constitution on May 3 appeared in the Leiden Gazette, then in the English newspapers - The Times and The Morning Chronicle, the Paris Gazette Nationale oula Moniter Universel.

The exhibition presents archival materials - manuscripts of the Constitution in Polish 1791 and photo documents, publications about the Constitution from the Central Archive of Historical Records of the Republic of Poland.

Scientists, historians, representatives of the Diplomatic corps and international organizations are invited to the opening of the exhibition. The exhibition will be officially opened by the Head of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Almaty Consul Mr. Jerzy Timofeyuk.

Exhibition "Constitution of May 3 (1791) - the first democratically adopted Constitution in Europe" Exhibition "Constitution of May 3 (1791) - the first democratically adopted Constitution in Europe"
Exhibition "Constitution of May 3 (1791) - the first democratically adopted Constitution in Europe" Exhibition "Constitution of May 3 (1791) - the first democratically adopted Constitution in Europe"

The exhibition will last until November 16, 2021.

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