volost
volost noun: a traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.
Noun
volost (plural volosts or volosti)
- A traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.
- Coordinate term: raion (modern Russia)
- Next to the village stands the volost, or union of several villages, and this also is governed on the republican plan by elders elected from among the peasants themselves. Then comes the district composed of a number of volosti; […]1882 June 1, “The Czar’s Surrender. Melikoff [i.e., Mikhail Loris-Melikov]’s Remarkable Programme of Political Change for Russia.”, in The Sun, volume XLIX, number 274, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC...
Examples of volost in a sentence
- “And then they—or rather, those who are still alive—will come rushing to ask Russia to accept them as volosti (rural districts) or provinces,” he said.1993 December 16, Reuter, “‘We must provoke wars’: [Vladimir] Zhirinovsky”, in The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page...
- In 1923 Soviet Ukraine’s 102 povity were replaced by 53 larger okruhy (sing. okruha), and its 1,989 volosti by 706 raions.2007, John D. Pihach, “Locating the Ancestral Home” (chapter 7, pages 83–123), in Ukrainian Genealogy: A Beginner’s Guide (paperback)...
Forms of volost
| plural | volosts |
|---|---|
| plural | volosti |
| alternative form (obsolete) | vollost |
Origin of volost
Borrowed from Russian во́лость (vólostʹ) and Ukrainian во́лость (vólostʹ), from Old East Slavic волость (volostĭ).
Questions about volost
- What does volost mean?
- Volost means a traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.
- How do you use volost in a sentence?
- “And then they—or rather, those who are still alive—will come rushing to ask Russia to accept them as volosti (rural districts) or provinces,” he said.
- What part of speech is volost?
- Volost is a noun.
- What is the plural of volost?
- The plural of volost is volosts.
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