ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Voisko

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Voisko is a noun meaning (now historical) A self-governing administrative community of Cossacks in the Russian Empire.

Meaning

(now historical) A self-governing administrative community of Cossacks in the Russian Empire.

Example Sentences

The voiskos demanded more and more concessions – both economic and political – as the price of their military service.
n the latter two cases, the problem of finding people to fill out the voiskos was solved partly by the transfer of Cossacks from the Don, Orenburg and Zabaikal voiskos.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include volost, cossack, kolkhoz, sovkhoz, uyezd, zemstvo.

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