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zemstvo definition

zem·stvo (zemst′vō′)

noun pl. zemstvos zem′stvos′ (-vōz′) or zemstva zem′stva (-və)

a local administrative body in czarist Russia

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

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