Ukase (Russian: указ, ukaz) in Imperial Russia was a proclamation of the tsar government, or a religions leader patriarch that had the force of law. An example is the "Ems ukase" forbidding the public use of Ukrainian. Adequate translations are "edict" or "decree". Compare fiat and fatwa.
After the Russian Revolution, a government proclamation of wide meaning was called a "decree" (Russian: декрет, dekret); more specific proclamations are called ukase (указ). Both terms are usually translated as 'decree'.
According to the Russian Federation's 1993 constitution, a ukase is a Presidential decree. Such ukases have the power of laws, but may not alter the regulations of existing laws, and may be superseded by laws passed by the State Duma.
UKAZ, or UKASE (Russ., from ukazat, a shortened form of ukazlivat, to show, announce, prescribe), a term applied in Russia to an edict or ordinance, legislative or administrative, having the force of law.
A ukaz proceeds either from the emperor or from the senate, which has the power of issuing such ordinances for the purpose of carrying out existing decrees.
A difference is drawn between the ukaz signed by the emperor's hand and his verbal ukaz, or order, made upon a report submitted to him.
Ukaz or Ukase (Russian: указ, pl: указы) in Imperial Russia was a proclamation, edict, or ordinance of the tsar, government, or a religious leader, such as the patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Russia, that had the force of law.
Popularly, Ukaz became a term for any official decree, and is generally translated as “decree”.
Ukaz No. 362 of November 20, 1920 is notable as the attempt by Patr.
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