zemstvo

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
23
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈzɛmstvəʊ/ (UK)

Definition of zemstvo

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”

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Etymology

From Russian зе́мство (zémstvo), from земля́ (zemljá, “land, country”).

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