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Use "zemstvos" in a sentence
"It must be remembered that the zemstvos were the only representative public bodies elected by any large part of the people."
"Duma were proving of great assistance in connection with, his extending the manufacture of war material throughout the country, in which the "zemstvos" were lending willing aid."
"In what was perhapshis most daring measure, Alexander had, in 1864, signed a law creating local assemblies or zemstvos in parts of his Empire."