zemstvo
English
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Russian зе́мство (zémstvo), from земля́ (zemljá, “land, country”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editzemstvo (plural zemstvos or zemstva)
- (now historical) A Russian district or provincial council, or elective local-governmental administrative division, founded in 1864 by Tsar Alexander the Liberator.
- 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society, published 2013, page 52:
- Two of Alexander III's counter-reforms, in 1890 and 1892, greatly increased the governors' powers over the zemstvos and municipal bodies.
Derived terms
editTranslations
edita Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
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References
edit- “‖zemstvo” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian зе́мство (zémstvo).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editzemstvo m (plural zemstvos)
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Russian земство (zemstvo).
Noun
editzemstvo c
- a zemstvo, a regional and local representation in Russia, introduced by a decree in 1864
Declension
editDeclension of zemstvo
Synonyms
edit- landsting (regional representation in Sweden, introduced in 1863)
References
edit- Ryssland in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1916)
- Zemstvo in Tidens Lexikon (1926)
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