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A selsoviet (Belarusian: сельсавет, Łacinka: sielsaviet; Russian: сельсовет, romanized: sel'sovet, IPA: [sʲɪlʲsɐˈvʲet]) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (Belarusian: се́льскi саве́т; Russian: се́льский сове́т, Ukrainian: Сільська рада, romanized: Silska rada). It has closely related meanings:
Selsoviets were the lowest level of administrative division in rural areas in the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, they were preserved as a third tier of administrative-territorial division throughout Belarus, and many of the federal subjects of Russia.
A selsoviet is a rural administrative division of a raion (district) that includes one or several smaller rural localities and is in a subordination to its respective raion administration.
The name refers to the local rural self-administration, the rural soviet (council), a part of the Soviet system of administration. The head of a selsoviet is called chairman, who had to be appointed by higher administration.
A December 24, 1917 decree of Sovnarkom initiated the reform of the administrative division inherited from the Russian Empire by which all local power must belong to soviets of the corresponding level of hierarchy.[1] The reform was finalized in 1924.[2]
For a considerable period of Soviet history, passports of rural residents were stored in selsoviet offices, and people could not move outside their area of residence without the permission of selsoviet.[3][4]
Rural councils of Belarus are subordinated to districts of Belarus. If a rural council includes agrotowns, then one of them is the administrative center of the rural council, with some exceptions.[5]
The system was introduced in 1924, when the whole Soviet Union replaced its administrative division inherited from the Russian Empire.[2]
Division into selsoviets as administrative-territorial units remained after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in many of the federal subjects of Russia.
In modern Russia, a selsoviet is a type of an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia, which is equal in status to a town of district significance or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a rural locality (as opposed to a town or an urban-type settlement). In some federal subjects, selsoviets were replaced with municipal rural settlements, which, in turn, were granted status of administrative-territorial units.
Prior to the adoption of the 1993 Constitution of Russia, this type of administrative division had a uniform definition on the whole territory of the Russian SFSR. After the adoption of the 1993 Constitution, the administrative-territorial structure of the federal subjects is no longer identified as the responsibility of the federal government or as the joint responsibility of the federal government and the federal subjects.[6] This state of the matters is traditionally interpreted by the governments of the federal subjects as a sign that the matters of the administrative-territorial divisions are the sole responsibility of the federal subjects themselves.[6] As a result, the modern administrative-territorial structures of the federal subjects vary significantly from one federal subject to another; that includes the manner in which the selsoviets are organized and the choice of a term to refer to such entities.
As of 2013, the following types of such entities are recognized:
Post-Soviet concepts of "soviets" (rural, settlement) as territorial units were phased out during 2015–2020 Administrative-territorial reform in Ukraine (Адміністративно-територіальна реформа в Україні), according to the 2015 law "On Voluntary Association of Territorial Communities" (Ukrainian: Про добровільне об’єднання територіальних громад).[7] and the term "рада" ("council") now refers only to the local government bodies in hromadas; se Local government in Ukraine.
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A selsoviet (Belarusian: сельсавет, Łacinka: sielsaviet; Russian: сельсовет, romanized: sel'sovet, IPA: [sʲɪlʲsɐˈvʲet]) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (Belarusian: се́льскi саве́т; Russian: се́льский сове́т, Ukrainian: Сільська рада, romanized: Silska rada). It has closely related meanings: The administration (soviet) of a certain rural area. The territorial subdivision administered by such a council. The building of the selsoviet administration. Selsoviets were the lowest level of administrative division in rural areas in the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, they were preserved as a third tier of administrative-territorial division throughout Belarus, and many of the federal subjects of Russia. A selsoviet is a rural administrative division of a raion (district) that includes one or several smaller rural localities and is in a subordination to its respective raion administration. The name refers to the local rural self-administration, the rural soviet (council), a part of the Soviet system of administration. The head of a selsoviet is called chairman, who had to be appointed by higher administration.
Vishnyowka (Belarusian: Вішнёўка, romanized: Višnioŭka; Russian: Вишнёвка, romanized: Vishnyovka; also spelled Vishnevka) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is administratively part of Papyernya selsoviet. It is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from the Minsk Ring Road, north of the capital Minsk. In 1997, it had a population of 786. In 2010, it had a population of 1,034.
Asavyets (Belarusian: Асавец, romanized: Asaviec; Russian: Осовец, romanized: Osovets) is an agrotown in Lyuban District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Asavyets selsoviet. It is located 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Lyuban, 42 kilometres (26 mi) from Urechcha, and 168 kilometres (104 mi) from the capital Minsk. In 1994, it had a population of 1,197. In 2011, it had a population of 950.
Songelsky Selsoviet (Russian: Сонгельский сельсовет) was an administrative division (a selsoviet) of Kolsko-Loparskaya Volost of Alexandrovsky Uyezd of Arkhangelsk Governorate in the Russian SFSR. It was established within Kolsko-Loparskaya Volost no later than March 16, 1920 with the administrative center in the pogost of Songelsky. It was abolished in March 1921, after the Soviet–Finnish Treaty of Tartu, which was signed on October 14, 1920, took effect. A part of the selsoviet's territory was transferred to Finland.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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