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volost Definition

vo·lost (vō′läst′)

noun

  1. a small administrative district of peasants in czarist Russia
  2. a rural soviet in the Soviet Union

Etymology: Russ volost'

volost Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • Soviet: To all province, uyezd and volost Soviets of Workers ' , Peasants ' and Cossacks ' Deputies ( 4k ) 14.

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