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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

власть

noun, feminine, inanimate
often used word (#300)

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown masculine feminine both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

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power

Also: authority, rule

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Александр был у вла́сти тринадцать лет. Alexander ruled for thirteen years.
Том злоупотребля́ет свое́й вла́стью. Tom is abusing his authority.
Он обрати́лся к властя́м с про́сьбой снять запре́т. He asked the officials to lift the ban.
Мно́гие ду́мают, что демокра́тия - э́то власть наро́да. На самом же де́ле демокра́тия - э́то власть демокра́тов. Many think that democracy is the government of the people. But the truth of the matter is that democracy is the government of democrats.
Власть развраща́ет люде́й. Power corrupts people.
Абсолю́тная власть абсолютно развраща́ет. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Гитлер пришёл к вла́сти в 1933 году. Hitler assumed power in 1933.
Коро́ль злоупотребля́л вла́стью. The king abused his power.
Они не признают власть. They have no respect for authority.
Он утра́тил всю свою́ полити́ческую власть. He had lost all political power.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	вла́сть	вла́сти
gen. genitive	вла́сти	власте́й
dat. dative	вла́сти	властя́м
acc. accusative	вла́сть	вла́сти
inst. instrumental	вла́стью	властя́ми
prep. prepositional	вла́сти	властя́х