mestnichestvo
English edit
Etymology edit
From Russian ме́стничество (méstničestvo).
Noun edit
mestnichestvo (uncountable)
- (historical) A feudal hierarchical system in Russia from the 15th to 17th centuries.
- 2014, N.N., Sputnik & Pogrom, A brief guide to the Russian psyche:
- There was also a system of mestnichestvo (the distribution of postings depending on the type of nobility), and then Emperor Peter the Great developed the “Table of Ranks”, which determined the seniority of civil and military officials in relation to each other.
- 2014, N.N., Sputnik & Pogrom, A brief guide to the Russian psyche:
Translations edit
(historical) a feudal hierarchical system in Russia from the 15th to 17th centuries
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