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Volost
Volost (; ; ) was a traditional administrative subdivision in Kievan Rus', the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and the Russian Empire. History The '' Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary'' (1890–1907) states that the origins of the concept is unclear; whether it originally referred to an administrative subdivision or to a peasant '' obshchina'', the term referring to a territory under a single rule. In earlier East Slavic history, in the lands of Ruthenia, '' 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'' ( Grand Prince). 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 " uezd" in Muscovy and the later Russian Empire. Each uezd had several volosts that were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Veps National Volost
Veps National Volost (, ''Vepsskaya natsionalnaya volost''; ) was a municipal autonomy (a ''volost'') of North Vepsians, Vepses in Prionezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia during 1996-2004. Its center was the village of Shyoltozero. History The autonomy was declared as a self-governing territory on January 20, 1994, see ''ВЕПСЫ...'', p. 207 and, after resolving various territorial and administrative controversies,ВЕПСЫ: МОДЕЛИ ЭТНИЧЕСКОЙ МОБИЛИЗАЦИИ. Сборник материалов и документов Petrozavodsk, 2007, it was established as an administrative unit on December 2, 1996. Its territorial and administrative centre was the types of inhabited l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |