Starosta
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Starost(a) is a title for an official or unofficial position of leadership that has been used in various contexts through most of the Slavic history.
- In the early Middle Ages starosta was the head of Slavic community; in Russia the word was used until the early 20th century to denote the elected leader of obshchina.
- From the 14th century through the era of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth till the partitions of Poland in 1795 starosta was a royal official. There were several types of starosta:
- * starosta generalny was the official in administration of a voivodship: either the representative of the King or Grand Duke or a person directly in charge.
- * starosta grodowy was a county (powiat) level official responsible for fiscal duties, police and courts, he was responsible for the execution of judicial verdicts.
- * starosta niegrodowy was the overseer of the Crown lands
- In Galicia and Bukovina under tha Austrian rule a starosta supervised the county administration.
- In Poland between 1918-1939 and 1944-1950 starosta was the head of county (powiat) administration, subordinate to voivode
- In Poland since 1 January 1999 starosta is the head of the county (powiat) council (rada powiatowa), and the head of the starostwo powiatowe
- Starosta is the master of ceremonies in the traditional Carpatho-Rusyn and Polish wedding [link]
- Starosta was a head of various communities: church starosta, artel starosta, etc.
- In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, starosta is the title of mayor of a town or village (mayors of major cities use the title primátor).
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- This article incorporates text translated from [the corresponding Polish Wikipedia article] as of 23 January 2006.
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