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zemstva

UK/ˈzɛmstva/

zemstva is the plural of zemstvo.

Meaning of zemstvo

Noun

zemstvo (plural zemstvos or zemstva)

  1. (historical) A Russian district or provincial council, or elective local-governmental administrative division, founded in 1864 by Tsar Alexander the Liberator.
    • Two of Alexander III's counter-reforms, in 1890 and 1892, greatly increased the governors' powers over the zemstvos and municipal bodies.1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society, published 2013, page 52

Origin of zemstva

From Russian зе́мства (zémstva), nominative plural form of зе́мство (zémstvo, “zemstvo”).

Questions about zemstva

What is zemstva the plural of?
Zemstva is the plural of zemstvo.
How do you pronounce zemstva?
Zemstva is pronounced /ˈzɛmstva/ (UK).

Words near zemstva in the dictionary

  1. Zemorrian
  2. Zempel
  3. Zempels
  4. Zemphira
  5. zems
  6. zemstva
  7. zemstvo
  8. zemstvos
  9. zemstwo
  10. zemstwos
  11. zen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zemstva (page history and authors); zemstvo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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