Veche

Veche (Russian: вече, IPA: [ˈvʲet͡ɕe]; Polish: wiec; Ukrainian: ві́че, romanized: víče, IPA: [ˈʋit͡ʃe]; Belarusian: ве́ча, romanized: viéča, IPA: [ˈvʲɛt͡ʂa]; Church Slavonic: вѣще, romanized: věšte) was a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries.

In Novgorod and in Pskov, where the veche acquired great prominence, the veche was broadly similar to the Norse thing or the Swiss Landsgemeinde.

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