zemstvo
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From Russian земство (zémstvo), from земля (zemljá, “land”, “country”, “state”).
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zemstvo (plural zemstvos or zemstva)
- A Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division, founded in 1864 by Tsar Alexander the Liberator.
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- “‖zemstvo” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
