Biritch - Town square, Knyaz, Bugle

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Biritch in Ancient Rus was a herald, an announcer of the will of a knyaz, sometimes kniaz's deputy in police or diplomatic affairs, or tax collector. A birich travelled to settlements, played bugle or horn in the center of a town square or yard to gather people and read the announcement. The word is thought to be derived from a Turkic word for "bugler", "hornist". Other hypotheses try to base the meanings on interpretations of the root bir-, meaning "to take" in Slavic languages, deriving the meaning "tax collector".

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• Assisted by: Norton Fausto Garfield (Editor)
• Publisher: Alphascript Publishing
• Languages: English
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• Released: 16.03.2012
• EAN: 9786138347668
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• No. of pages: 88
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Taxes