zemstvo

(zemst′vō′)

a local administrative body in czarist Russia

Origin: Russ < zemlya, earth < IE base *hthem- > homo

See zemstvo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. zemst·vos

An elective council responsible for the local administration of a provincial district in czarist Russia.

Origin:

Origin: Russian

Origin: , from Old Russian zemĭ, land; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots

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