office
Volost Elder (starshina)
volost elder
also: волостной старшина, starshina, borough elder
The elected head of a volost (a rural administrative unit grouping several villages), responsible for local order, tax collection, and minor justice among the peasantry after the 1861 Emancipation -- the office Alyapov holds.
Reading notes
- Sergeant Prishibeyev §2 the village elder Alyapov
The volost starshina, elected head of a rural administrative unit grouping several villages after the 1861 Emancipation, responsible for local order and minor justice among the peasantry.
- In the Ravine §23 The district elder
The elected head (starshina) of a volost, the lowest tier of Russian rural local government, grouping several villages under one administration.