| 释义 |
‖ zemstvo|ˈzɛmstvo|
Also zem(p)stwo. Pl. zemstvos, ‖ zemstva.
[Russ., f. zemlya land.]
An elective district or provincial council in Russia for purposes of local government, created by Alexander II in 1864.
1865Saunder's Newsletter 8 Feb., He..sneered at the upstart ambition of the Zempstwo class, by which is meant the mere owners of certain acreable amount of the soil. 1877D. M. Wallace Russia xiv. (ed. 2) I. 326 The Zemstvo is a kind of local administration. 1896Jewish Chron. 17 Jan. 8/1 The Zemstwo of Odessa. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Jan. 14/3 The history of the pressure for political freedom was closely interwoven with the development of the organs of local self-government, the Zemstva. 1967Listener 2 Nov. 559/1 At any time in those final decades of the last century even a central assembly of representatives of the zemstvos would have constituted an important safety-valve. 1980Times. Lit. Suppl. 14 Nov. 1306/3 Linked closely to the work of the zemstva, new local units of administration, medicine became the first true profession in Russia. 1983P. Ustinov My Russia xi. 122 Members of local zemstvos might soon enjoy a voice in the internal government of the country.
Hence ˈzemstvoist, a member of zemstvo.
1905Times 8 May 5/3 The Zemstvoists have split over the question of universal suffrage. |