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zemstwo

zemstwo is the alternative form 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

Forms of zemstwo

pluralzemstwos

Questions about zemstwo

What is zemstwo the alternative form of?
Zemstwo is the alternative form of zemstvo.

Words near zemstwo in the dictionary

  1. Zemphira
  2. zems
  3. zemstva
  4. zemstvo
  5. zemstvos
  6. zemstwo
  7. zemstwos
  8. zen
  9. Zen Buddhism
  10. Zen garden
  11. Zen gardens

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