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Pogost
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Pogost (russisk: погост, fra gammel østslavisk: погостъ) er en historisk terminologi med adskillige betydninger på russisk. Ordet er også optaget som låneord i finsk som pogosta og i lettisk som pagasts med bestemte betydnnger.
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Pogost kan sammenlignes med sogn. I det østlige Finland og i Ingermanland var under den svenske tid pogosten et led ikke blot i den kirkelige forvaltning, men tillige i den civile, i det den udgjorde en underafdeling af et fogderi, et slotslen eller lignende.[1]