Mir (social)
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- For other uses, see Mir (disambiguation).
The Russian word mir (мир), besides its direct meanings of peace and world, had some other meanings related to social organization in Imperial Russia.
The first meaning was to denote the secular part of the society organization, as opposed to church organization. The second meaning was used in Imperial Russia to denote local self-government of peasant communities, called obshchinas.
More specifically, this word refers to a village or community with the idea that all members of a community must work together cooperatively to assure mutual survival (thus the sharing of work, food and in the cold winter months warmth).
[edit] See also
- War and Peace - about some issues in Russian orthography related to the word "mir".
- Zemsky Sobor
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