Editing Veche (section)

{{Short description|Medieval popular assembly}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}[[Image:Pskov Veche Vasnetsov.jpg|thumb|250px|''Pskov Veche'' by [[Apollinary Vasnetsov]] (1908–1909)]]

A '''''veche'''''{{efn|{{langx|ru|ве́че|veche}}, {{IPA|ru|ˈvʲet͡ɕe|IPA}}; {{langx|pl|wiec}}, {{IPA|pl|vjɛt͡s|IPA|LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-wiec.wav}}; {{langx|uk|ві́че|víče}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈʋ⁽ʲ⁾it͡ʃe|IPA|LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Tohaomg-віче.wav}}; {{langx|be|ве́ча|viéča}}, {{IPA|be|ˈvʲɛt͡ʂa|IPA}}; {{langx|cu|{{Wikt-lang|cu|вѣще}}|věšte}}}} was a [[popular assembly]] during the [[Middle Ages]]. The ''veche'' is mentioned during the times of [[Kievan Rus']] and it later became a powerful institution in Russian cities such as [[Veliky Novgorod|Novgorod]] and [[Pskov]],<ref name="veche (medieval Russian assembly) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia"/> where the ''veche'' acquired great prominence and was broadly similar to the Norse [[Thing (assembly)#Viking and medieval society|''thing'']] or the Swiss ''[[Landsgemeinde]]''.<ref name="centret2000"/> The last ''veche'' meeting was held in Pskov before the institution was abolished in 1510.{{sfn|Feldbrugge|2009|p=250}}