Abstract
This paper attempts to examine institutional reasons behind democratic ups and downs in Ukraine. From historical, civilizational determinants to foreign policy, judicial, electoral systems are considered as defining factors for regime volatility. Civilizational factor is observed in the paper as a basic determinant upon which modern political institutions and practices are constructed. The paper accordingly discusses Soviet institutional heritage for the current institutional environment. Furthermore, the paper considering afore-mentioned determinants uses diachronic approach to trace regime changes in PostSoviet Ukraine. What’s more, paper outlines several events as critical junctures for institutional development and path dependence: as electoral rule changes, constitutional amendments. Aside from immanent systemic features paper accents external, geopolitical situation as well, linking democratic instability to geopolitical shifts. Eventually the paper forecasts that democratic erosion and volatility can be stopped, and democratic progress guaranteed only through “border defining”, both physically and culturally, which is applicable for all Post Soviet states.
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