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The word veche is a transliteration of the Russian "вече" ( pl. веча, vecha ), which is in turn inherited from Proto-Slavic *vě̑ťe ( lit. 'council, counsel' or 'talk' ), which is also represented in the word soviet, both ultimately deriving from the Proto-Slavic verbal stem of *větiti 'to talk, speak' ). [1]
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Veche, popular assembly that was a characteristic institution in Russia from the 10th to the 15th century. The veche probably originated as a deliberative body among early Slavic tribes. As the tribes settled in permanent trading centres, which later became cities, the veche remained as an element.
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Encyclopedia of Russian History. VECHE The veche was a popular assembly in medieval Russian towns from the tenth to the sixteenth centuries. Veches became particularly active at the turn of the twelfth century, before falling into decline except in the towns of Novgorod, Pskov, and Viatka.
Veche (vijeće, wiec) was a public council and one of the most ancient Slavic traditions which ruined the mighty Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. How come? Slavs always had the military democracy. Early medieval Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea wrote in the 6 AD about our far ancestors: (VII. 14.
