ACER: Association Chrétienne des
Etudiants Russes; Christian Union of Russian Students. Marshall of Nobility: the most important
task of a Marshall of Nobility was the presidency of the zemstvo; besides
that he was an important link between the local population and the government
in St. Petersburg. The district Marshalls of
Nobility were appointed by the nobility itself, while the provincial Marshalls
of Nobility were appointed by the Tsar. Bedniaki: poor farmers; they who didn't
possess cattle and granaries. Bolsheviki: members of the majority party.
This notion was used very wrongly, because the bolsheviki were in fact
a party of the minority. Chin: the `steps' of Peter the Great's
table of ranks. Govenie: preparation for confession. Igumen: superior of a monastery. Intelligentsia: progressive population
group of which the members usually had more than a secondary school education. Kabala-slaves: probational slaves; contract
workers. Mensheviki: members of `the' minority
party. Mir: village council. Muzhik: peasant. Sometimes also used
as vituperation. Obrok: lease. Pomyestye: land tenure. Prikaz: department; predecessor of ministry. ROVS: Union of Russian Veterans Outside
Russia. Ryurikides: descendants of Rurik. All
of them were grand monarchs, but since Peter the Great they may only call
themselves `prince'. Starets: elderly monk with strict ascetic
way of living. Tayinstvo: sacrament of the Russian-Orthodox
Church. Trudovik: member of the Social-Democratic
People's Party Uezd: district. Veche: urban assembly of all free men. Zemsky sobor: national assembly of all
free men. Zemstvo: regional home rule.
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