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Tselovalnik

Tselovalnik logo #10101) Obsolete occupation
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Tselovalnik

Tselovalnik logo #21000 Tselovalnik (целовальник, literally, `kisser`, actually `sworn man`), was a common term for various officials in Muscovy elected by zemshchina (the population, as opposed to the tsardom`s state apparatus) in uyezds and posads in various judicial, financial and police functions. The term is a contraction of the expression krestny ts...
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