Volost is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 70 anagrams from letters in volost (loostv).
Russian vólostʾ; Old Russian volostĭ region, state, authority, cognate with OCS vlastĭ sovereignty, power, authority, derivative of Slavic *vald- rule, cognate with Lithuanian valdýti, Gothic
They were judged by elected courts, that is juries, either in the mir court or in that of the volost (district).
The District (volost) Zemstvo was to undertake the administration of local agriculture, education, order and safety.