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