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Brusyliv, Zhytomyr Oblast
Brusyliv ( uk, Брусилів, russian: link=no, Брусилов) is an urban-type settlement in Zhytomyr Raion, eastern part of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Brusyliv is the center of the Brusyliv urban hromada, being situated on the river Zdvyzh. It has the status of an urban-type settlement since 1979. Population: Geography Brusyliv is situated 29 km from the railway station Skochyshche, 56 km from Zhytomyr Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative ... by railway and by 78 km by highway. First historical mention dates to 1543. Postal code for Brusyliv is 12605 and telephone code is +380-4162 (with international prefix +380). Mayor of the town in 2006 was Leonid Rybets. Famous personalities * Ivan Ohienko (1882–1972) – Ukrainian linguist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zemstvo
A ''zemstvo'' ( rus, земство, p=ˈzʲɛmstvə, plural ''zemstva'' – rus, земства) was an institution of local government set up during the great emancipation reform of 1861 carried out in Imperial Russia by Emperor Alexander II of Russia. Nikolay Milyutin elaborated the idea of the zemstva, and the first zemstvo laws went into effect in 1864. After the October Revolution the zemstvo system was shut down by the Bolsheviks and replaced with a multilevel system of workers' and peasants' councils ("soviets"). Structure The system of elected bodies of local self-government in the Russian Empire was represented at the lowest level by the mir and the volost and was continued, so far as the 34 Guberniyas (governorates) of old Russia were concerned, in the elective district and provincial assemblies (zemstvo). The goal of the zemstvo reform was the creation of local organs of self-government on an elected basis, possessing sufficient authority and independence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |