Word: silrada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ukrainian сільра́да (silʹráda), a clipped compound of сільська́ ра́да (silʹsʹká ráda), itself also borrowed into English as silska rada. Pronunciation: /silˈradə/, /silˈɹadə/, /siːlˈɹɑːdə/ 1. A місце́ва ра́да (mistseva rada) centred in a village (село́) or, historically, a rural-type settlement (се́лище [сільсько́го ти́пу]); a Ukrainian selsoviet. Example: silʹrada (Russian selʹsovet) — short for silʹsʹka rada (selʹskii sovet), village soviet or council. Example: Further changes were made during the 1920s, and in 1932 the territorial-administrative system underwent a major change. The units of the new, three-tiered system that were introduced — the oblast (province), raion (county), and the silska rada or silrada — the name not only of a rural district, but also of the elected council that administers it and of its administration building. These three units are still in use today. 2. A місце́ва ра́да (mistseva rada) centred in a village (село́) or, historically, a rural-type settlement (се́лище [сільсько́го ти́пу]); a Ukrainian selsoviet. Example: That evening the head of the Community (Silrada) came to us and advised us to stop further work and either enter the army on the spot or quickly return to Kiev. Example: In the morning they received permission from the ‘Silʹrada’ (The Village Council) and were ready to transfer the body to their cemetery. 3. A місце́ва ра́да (mistseva rada) centred in a village (село́) or, historically, a rural-type settlement (се́лище [сільсько́го ти́пу]); a Ukrainian selsoviet. Example: The author’s task in the second play “Come to Dzvonkove” is to show the post-war reconstruction. He, however, shows only the magnificent plans of this. The authorities of the village Dzvonkove plan to build a general hospital, drugstore, radio broadcasting station, library, school of agronomy, club, bakery, store and a “silrada” (city hall) with a colonnade, such as “his eminence Count Gursky one^([sic]) had”. Example: "Dekulakization happened like this: They came and all went to the silʹrada, where there was some kind of meeting, to which the people all went and were told to sign up for the kolhosp. Well, some did sign up, because there was no way out, because they had the power to force people, and they forced them. Well, some didn't want to, and…were taken by force and either sent to Siberia, to labor camps, or they fled…to the Donbas to work in the mines." 4. A місце́ва ра́да (mistseva rada) centred in a village (село́) or, historically, a rural-type settlement (се́лище [сільсько́го ти́пу]); a Ukrainian selsoviet. Example: All that is written here by Dmytro Solovey about what took place in 1929 through 1933 in the Fediyiv Silrada, Reshetilivski District, Poltavschyna (about collectivization, arrests, expropriation and the horrors of the famine) has been written as dictated by me, and is completely in accord with what took place. Example: Although the figures for 1926 refer to different administrative areas (okruhy, raiony and silrady, and in the Western Ukraine — povity, zbirni hromady, hromady) the fact that these are comparatively small units has made it possible to relate 1926 figures to the present administrative areas.