The Russian word mir (мир), besides its direct meanings of peace and world, had some other meanings related to social organization in Imperial Russia.

The first meaning was to denote the secular part of the society organization, as opposed to church organization. The second meaning was used in Imperial Russia to denote local self-government of peasant communities, called obshchinas.

See also

• War and Peace - about some issues in Russian orthography related to the word "mir".
• Zemsky Sobor

Mir (social)

History of Russia