Definitions for volostˈvoʊ ləst
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vo•lostˈvoʊ ləst(n.)
(formerly) a small administrative peasant division in Russia.
Category: Western History
a rural soviet.
Category: Western History
Origin of volost:
1885–90; < Russ vólost'; ORuss volostĭ region, state, authority, c. OCS vlastĭ sovereignty, power, der. of Slavic *vald- rule, c. Lith valdýti, Go waldan to rule; cf. wield
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