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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VOLOST

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PRONUNCIATION OF VOLOST

volost  [ˈvəʊlɒst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOLOST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Volost is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VOLOST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Volost

Volost was a traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe. In earlier East Slavic history, volost was a name for the territory ruled by the knyaz, a principality; either as an absolute ruler or with varying degree of autonomy from the Velikiy Knyaz. Starting from the end of the 14th century, volost was a unit of administrative division in Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Poland, Muscovy, lands of modern Latvia and Ukraine. Since about the 16th century it was a part of provincial districts, that were called "uyezd" in Muscovy and later Russian Empire. Each uyezd had several volosts that were subordinated to the uyezd city. After the abolition of Russian serfdom in 1861, volost became a unit of peasant's local self-rule. A number of mirs are united into a volost, which has an assembly consisting of elected delegates from the mirs. These elect an elder and, hitherto, a court of Justice. The self-government of the mirs and volosts was, however, tempered by the authority of the police commissaries and by the power of general oversight given to the nominated "district committees for the affairs of the peasants".

Definition of volost in the English dictionary

The definition of volost in the dictionary is a rural soviet. Other definition of volost is a peasant community consisting of several villages or hamlets.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VOLOST


accost
əˈkɒst
compost
ˈkɒmpɒst
cost
kɒst
criss-crossed
ˈkrɪsˌkrɒst
defrost
diːˈfrɒst
embossed
ɪmˈbɒst
frost
frɒst
glost
ɡlɒst
long-lost
ˈlɒŋlɒst
lost
lɒst
low-cost
ˌləʊˈkɒst
Pentecost
ˈpɛntɪˌkɒst
permafrost
ˈpɜːməˌfrɒst
repost
rɪˈpɒst
riposte
rɪˈpɒst
teleost
ˈtɛlɪˌɒst
uncrossed
ʌnˈkrɒst
unglossed
ʌnˈɡlɒst
unlost
ʌnˈlɒst
wast
wɒst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOLOST

volitive
volitorial
volk
Volkslied
Volksraad
volley
volleyball
volleyball player
volleyer
Vologda
volpino
volplane
vols.
Volsci
Volscian
Volsung
Volsunga Saga
volt
volt-ampere
volta

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOLOST

almost
Alost
at any cost
at most
boost
dost
first post
foremost
get lost
ghost
Holy Ghost
host
last post
most
outpost
post
rule the roost
than most
the most
utmost

Synonyms and antonyms of volost in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «volost» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VOLOST

Find out the translation of volost to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of volost from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «volost» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

volost
570 millions of speakers

English

volost
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

volost
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

volost
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

волость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

volost
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

volost
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

volost
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sembuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

volost
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시골
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggoleki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

volost
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

volost
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्होस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

volost
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

volost
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wołost
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

волость
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

voloste
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

volost
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

volost
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

volost
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

volost
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of volost

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLOST»

The term «volost» is normally little used and occupies the 148.242 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLOST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «volost» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «volost» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about volost

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOLOST»

Discover the use of volost in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to volost and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Russian Officialdom in Crisis: Autocracy and Local ...
ministries at the volost' level, had to circumvent the law and local custom to get anything done;90 and judging by Astyrev's comment (1881) on the official demands made on him by various ministries, such bribes were an inadequate, albeit ...
Thomas S. Pearson, 2004
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The Russian Provisional Government, 1917: Documents
On the Volost Zemstvo Board [uprava] and Volost Officials 62. The volost zemstvo board shall consist of a chairman and not less than two members . . . 63. The chairman and members of the volost zemstvo board shall be elected for a ...
Robert Paul Browder, Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kerensky, 1961
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The Bolshevik Revolution, 1917-1918: Documents and Materials
THE ORGANIZATION OF VOLOST LAND COMMITTEES [Decree of the Sovnarkom, November 16, 1917] 64 1. To bring about a speedy transfer of the land .... to the people these present regulations, regarding the functioning of the volost land ...
‎1961
4
The nationalities of Europe
Tarkhan volost . . . 701 6. Khunda-mir Lesser Konda volost . . 828 7. Terek-mir, or Utkhar-mir Tyemlashtshev volost . 305 The Surgut Division. 1. As mir Selyarov volost . . 2. Sodom-mir Salym volost .. . 3. Pyng-mir Pym volost . . . 4.
Robert Gordon Latham, 1863
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Russian and Turk: From a Geographical, Ethnological, and ...
Tarkhan volost . . . 701 Lesser Konda volost . . 828 7. Terek-mir, or Utkhar-mir Tyemlashtshev volost . 805 The Surgut Division. 2,982 Selyarov volost . . . . 134 Salym volost . . . 826 8. Pyng-mir . 166 4. As-torm-yogan-mir . . Podgorodnaya volost ...
Robert Gordon Latham, 1878
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Features and Figures of the Past: Government and Opinion in ...
Page 134, note 5. an all-class volost or a small zemstvo unit. The volost unit had been introduced for state peasants in 1838, but the reform of February 19, 1861, established it as an administrative unit of self-government for all peasants.
Vladimir I. Gurko, Features and Figures Out of the Past, 1939
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The Russian Revolution, 1917
It could spread to the group of villages that made up the small rural district (volost ), but rarely beyond that. Larger geographic organizations were beyond the peasant approach to managing life and fell to outside organizers, the government  ...
Rex A. Wade, 2005
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Russian Rule in Samarkand 1868-1910 : A Comparison with ...
Appendix 9 Qazis and their Divisions in 1877 321 VI. Chalek Qazi Chalekskaya Volost—1,220 households Khatcha Mukurskaya Volost—580 VII. Yany Kurgan Qazi Dyurtkulskaya Volost—947 households Yany Kurganskaya Volost —1,293 ...
Alexander Morrison, 2008
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Law and Custom in the Steppe: The Kazakhs of the Middle ...
In this new system, it was still the biy who had the authority to decide cases, according to his own sense of Kazakh customs and traditions, while the volost administrator had no such judicial authority, and was not meant to be chosen on the ...
Virginia Martin, 2012
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Revolution in Russia: Reassessments of 1917
'the peasantry in 1917 created its own organisations'.20 Yet the increasing self- determination of volost and village assemblies in 1917 had been noted long before. After February a multiplicity of 'spontaneously acting' executive committees ...
Edith Rogovin Frankel, Jonathan Frankel, Baruch Knei-Paz, 1992

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOLOST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term volost is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mobius Final Fantasy Update Adds Samurai, Assassin, And Red Mage
The side story is called “El Dorado of the Oblivion,” which takes place in the ancient ruins of the “Gold Volost of El Dorado,” and you'll travel alongside the fairy ... «Siliconera, Jul 15»
2
В крымском парламенте депутаты вывесили пророссийские и …
A gde eto Krimska volost? I komu ona nahui nuzna? Ответить Цитировать Пожаловаться. Ответить Цитировать Пожаловаться; Пустьтам размножаются. «Зеркало недели, Dec 13»
3
В Челябинск съезжаются металлургические олигархи — на …
tragov. 21:52 15 июля 2013. Gonite v sheiu ashinskih "metalurgow". Oni gubiat ves' volost' ashi. Oni voruiut bludgetnije money. Ih nughno proverit' nalogi. 0. 0. «Ura.ru, Jul 13»
4
Viru-Nigula külad: Tüükri ja Kurna
Kui nad küsisid: "Gde tõ živjoš ? vastasin: Ja živu v Estonskoi gubernii, v Vezenbergskoi ujezda, v Padaskoi volost, v Maholmskoi prihodje v derevnje Härjapea. «Delfi, Jun 13»
5
Россия в 1923 году, часть 1
Сначала сельские советы направляют своих представителей в «волость» (Volost). Затем «волость» направляет их в «уезд» («Uyezd»). «Уездные» ... «inoСМИ.Ru, Jun 11»
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Реализация компанией «СПС «РКЗПТ» водок «FINSKA VOLOST
Реализация компанией «СПС «РКЗПТ» водок «FINSKA VOLOST» и «FINZKA RIVER» - акт недобросовестной конкуренции по отношению к компании ... «Федеральная Антимонопольная Служба, Apr 11»
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Shemogodsky Birchbark Carving
... birch-bark carving in the 18th century, and in the second half of the 19th century already 14 villages of Shemogodsky Volost were engaged in this handicraft. «Russia-InfoCenter, Nov 10»
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The Anti-Stalin Songbird
The revolt by the five kulak volost's must be suppressed without mercy. The interest of the entire revolution demands this, because we have now before us our ... «Reason Online, Sep 07»

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