English

Alternative forms

• zempstwo
• zemstwo

Noun

zemstvo ‎(plural zemstvos or zemstva)

1. (now historical) A Russian district or provincial council, or elective local-governmental administrative division, founded in 1864 by Tsar Alexander the Liberator.
   • 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society 2013, p. 52:

     Two of Alexander III's counter-reforms, in 1890 and 1892, greatly increased the governors' powers over the zemstvos and municipal bodies.

Derived terms

• zemstvoist

Translations

References

• “‖zemstvo” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

French

Etymology

From Russian

Noun

zemstvo m ‎(plural zemstvos)

1. zemstvo

Swedish

Etymology

From Russian земство ‎(zemstvo).

Noun

zemstvo c

1. a zemstvo, a regional and local representation in Russia, introduced by a decree in 1864

Declension

Synonyms

• landsting (regional representation in Sweden, introduced in 1863)

References

• Ryssland in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1916)
• Zemstvo in Tidens Lexikon (1926)