mir
mir — noun
1. a village system in old Russia where farmland belonged to the whole community, b
a village system in old Russia where farmland belonged to the whole community, but each family farmed its own part
In the history film, each mir shared the fields around the village.
shared the fields around the village
Our teacher said one mir divided land among families every spring.
divided land among families
The novel describes a mir where farming families met before planting wheat.
After the tax change, the mir gave Ivan a smaller plot.
In old Russia, a mir let neighbors manage the land together.
- village commune
the closest general label when the shared land system matters
- commune
broader and not specific to old Russia
- peasant community
focuses on the farming group rather than the land system itself
文法句型
in a mir
the mir divided land
用法筆記
This word is mainly used in history writing about rural Russia before the Revolution. It names the local land-sharing village community, not just any ordinary village.