we,
the multinational people of the russian federation,
united by a common fate on our land,
establishing human rights and freedoms, civil peace and accord,
preserving the historically established state unity,
proceeding from universally acknowledged principles of equality and
self-determination of peoples,
revering the memory of ancestors who have passed on to us their love
for the fatherland and faith in good and justice,
reviving the sovereign statehood of russia and asserting the
firmness of its democratic basis,
striving to ensure the well-being and prosperity of russia,
proceeding from the responsibility for our fatherland before present
and future generations,
recognizing ourselves to be a part of the world community,
do hereby adopt the constitution of the russian federation.
