Starosta

Beſides theſe two Gentlemen, and Secretaries that order the whole Citie, there are Staruſts or Aldermen for euerie ſeuerall companie. The Alderman hath his Sotskey or Conſtable, and the Conſtable hath certeine Decetskeis or Decurions vnder him, which haue the ouerſight of ten houſholds a peece, whereby euerie diſorder is ſooner ſpide, and the common ſeruice hath the quicker diſpach. The whole number of Citizens poore and rich are reduced into companies. The chiefe officers (as the Dyacks and Gentlemen) are appointed by the Emperour himſelfe, the Staruſt by the Gentlemen and Dyacks, the Sotskoy by the Staruſt or Alderman, and the Decetskotes by the Conſtables.

One family, whose chief…performs the functions of staroste, or magistrate of the village.

Their elders, whom they still…style Starosts.

Any person arriving in a town or village, must produce his [passport] to the starosta.

They…are governed by their own elders or starosti.

At Nijni Novgorod…the starosta, or chief of the village artel, comes to buy the supply of material.

Major-General Bokumbs…has been lately killed by a Peasant, who was hired to commit the murther by a Staroste.

His father was the starost of Korytnik.