starosta
Sign in to saveStarosta or starost (Cyrillic: старост/а, Latin: capitaneus, ) is a community elder in some Slavic lands.
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It is catalogued under topics including Heads of local government, Local government in the Russian Empire and Local government in Ukraine.
Its subject is documented across 26 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Czech Republic and Slovakia
- Holy Roman Empire
- Poland
- Kingdom of Poland
- Contemporary
- Ukraine
- Revolutionary period
- Contemporary
- Other countries
- Contemporary religious uses
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Starosta or starost (Cyrillic: старост/а, Latin: capitaneus, ) is a community elder in some Slavic lands.
The Slavic root of "starost" translates as "senior". Since the Middle Ages, it has designated an official in a leadership position in a range of civic and social contexts throughout Central and Eastern Europe. In reference to a municipality, a starosta was historically a senior royal administrative official, equivalent to a county sheriff or seneschal, and analogous to a gubernator. In Poland, a starosta administered a crown land district called starostwo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “starosta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.