vollost

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A form of volost — A traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.

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Meanings

nounvollost (plural vollosts)

plural vollosts

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of volost.
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    The oblast again is divided into uyzeds, each of which has its principal town, over which presides an Ispravnick; the uyzeds are divided into vollosts; and vollosts into villages with a church (sello), or hamlets (derevnia), if there be none. The chief man of a vollost is a Zasidatil; the chief man of a village is a Starosta, or alderman.

    1883, John Croumbie Brown, Finland: Its Forests and Forest Management, Edinburgh · London · Montreal: Oliver and Boyd · Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. and William Rider & Son · Dawson Brothers, Preface, page x
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“vollost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vollost. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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