volost' (English spelling) volost

In addition to these difficult conditions for amortization, it should be noted that the communal order was maintained and strengthened. Based on the existing rural communities, village associations (sel'skoe obshchestvo) were organized, and several village associations were organized into townships (volosts), with the village associations given economic functions and the townships given administrative functions. The system of joint responsibility and equal land use were maintained, and the previous feudal powers such as taxation, conscription, and judicial powers were entrusted to the communities.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　以上のような困難な償却条件に加えて，共同体的秩序が存置され，強化されたことが注目されなければならない。在来の農村共同体を基礎として村団sel’skoe obshchestvoが，そしていくつかの村団から郷volost’が組織され，村団には経済的機能が，郷には行政的機能が付された。連帯責任制，均等土地利用が維持されたほか，従来の領主権のうち徴税，徴兵，裁判といった権限が共同体にゆだねられた。…

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