zemstvo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 21
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 7
/ˈzɛmstvəʊ/
(UK)
Definition of zemstvo
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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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