selsoviet
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A selsoviet ( Łacinka: sielsaviet; , ; ) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (; ; ). It has three closely related meanings: The administration (soviet) of a certain rural area. The territorial subdivision administered by such a council. The building of the selsoviet administration.
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A selsoviet ( Łacinka: sielsaviet; , ; ) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (; ; ). It has three closely related meanings: The administration (soviet) of a certain rural area. The territorial subdivision administered by such a council. The building of the selsoviet administration.
Selsoviets were the lowest level of administrative division in rural areas in the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, they were preserved as a third tier of administrative-territorial division throughout Ukraine, Belarus, and many of the federal subjects of Russia.