Zemstvo - Wikipedia
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All-Russian Zemstvo Union - Wikipedia
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I’ve been having a blast with Mike Duncan’s Revolutions, as he plods through the Russian Revolution. And I keep coming back to this one idea: what if the various Zemstva took the place of the Soviets (as in the institution of workers councils, not the adjective referring to inhabitants of the USSR) in the revolution?
Thats it, thats the idea. This is more or less just another “liberal Russian Revolution” post, but with a fun twist: we get to come up with a fun name for post-revolution Russia that includes the fun to say word “Zemstva!” (or zemstvo)