uchastok

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noun

An administrative division of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR.

OriginRussian уча́сток →
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Meanings

nounuchastok (plural uchastoks)

plural uchastoks

  1. historicalAn administrative division of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR.

    Although there is considerable variation, a typical uchastok contains a population of approximately 4,000 persons. There are thus 10 uchastoks to a rayon.

    1959, Report of the United States Public Health Mission to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (PHS publication; 649), →OCLC, page 8, column 1

Origin

  1. Russianуча́сток
  2. Englishuchastok

Borrowed from Russian уча́сток (učástok, literally “plot”).

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Chicago

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