volost

volost
/voh"leuhst/, n.
1. (formerly) a small administrative peasant division in Russia.
2. a rural soviet.
[ < Russ vólost'; ORuss volosti region, state, authority, c. OCS vlasti sovereignty, power, authority, deriv. of Slavic *vald- rule, c. Lith valdýti, Gothic waldan, OE wealdan to rule; cf. WIELD]

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