zemstvo
Meanings
noun
- A Russian district or provincial council, or elective local-governmental administrative division, founded in 1864 by Tsar Alexander the Liberator.
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Etymology
From Russian зе́мство (zémstvo), from земля́ (zemljá, “land, country”).
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