A posadnik (Russian: посадник, pl. посадники, posadniki) was a representative of the prince in some towns during the times of Kievan Rus', and later the...

elect and dismiss princes at its own will. The veche also elected the posadnik, who was the chief executive of the city, and from 1156, the archbishop...

located between Kyushu and Korea. On 13 March 1861, the Russian corvette Posadnik (Посадник, 1856), captained by Nicolai Birilev, arrived in Tsushima island...

veche and the posadniks in 1483–1484 led to the execution of one posadnik and to the confiscation of property of three other posadniks who fled to Moscow...

established in the 13th century in Novgorod Republic for the office of posadnik. The posadnik shared executive power with the duke, and competition over who should...

Drevlians (990–1015) Anna Porphyrogenita Theophana, a wife of Novgorod posadnik Ostromir, a grandson of semi-legendary Dobrynya (highly doubtful is the...

Nauru) Russian: Boyarin Dyak Knyaz (and Veliky Knyaz) Namestnik Okolnichy Posadnik Voyevoda German: Burggraf Graf Freigraf Landgraf Markgraf Pfalzgraf Reichsgraf...

local elites, the boyars, took control of the city and the offices of posadnik and tysyatsky became elective. The veche (public assembly) played a not...

Klas Horn was originally the Kazarski-class torpedo gunboat Posadnik of the Imperial Russian Navy. One of three built for the Russian Baltic Fleet, Posednik...

"stadtholder" is posadnik; the term sometimes occurs as "stadtholder" in English-language literature. Although there were such legendary posadniks as Gostomysl...