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поса́дник

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nounmasculineanimatecountable
  • 1.

    posadnik, governor, viceroyhistory

    Пе́рвую ка́менную кре́пость в Ладоге строил поса́дник Павел.

    The first stone fortress in Ladoga was built by the posadnik Pavel.

    Historical: an official appointed by the prince to govern a town in medieval Rus.

  • 2.

    mayor, head of the city, chief magistratehistory

    Кем явля́лся поса́дник в Но́вгороде?

    Who was the mayor in Novgorod?

    Historical: the highest elected official of the Novgorod or Pskov republic.

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Nom.Nominative

поса́дник

поса́дники

Gen.Genitive

поса́дника

поса́дников

Dat.Dative

поса́днику

поса́дникам

Acc.Accusative

поса́дника

поса́дников

Inst.Instrumental

поса́дником

поса́дниками

Prep.Prepositional

поса́днике

поса́дниках

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  • поса́дsettlement (outside a fortress); trading quarter 

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  • Iron edited translation 3 weeks ago.
  • Lucian edited noun basics 7 years ago.
  • mrallen1 edited translation 8 years ago.

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