In 1805, the newly established Bratsk komissarstvo (administrative unit) had 5210 inhabitants. In 1910, there were 60 communities with 14,006 people (including 5596 political exilees!). In 1948, the regional centre, the old village of Bratsk, had 2247 inhabitants.

http://mkolar.org/travel/Sibir/Bratsk/

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И еще:

At the beginning of the nineteenth century six clans, such as Tyugyasirsky, Lamutsky, and Kamen’sky, were registered as ‘administrative clans’ in the then Verkhoyansky okrug. In 1812 the Verkhoyansky commissaryship (komissarstvo) identified six Even ‘administrative clans’ and registered population number and official clan-heads (starosta).

http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/inoue/north_eurasian/takakur...

Короче, это не переводится. Как и многие подобные термины типа "область", "край".


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В крайнем случае - "commissaryship".

это как вариант, хоть он мне не нравится.

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I know this looks like a definition rather than a translation, but it seems to me that "commissar" is (perhaps wrongly) only associated with communism in the West, and words like "commissariat" and commissary" are military terms associated with the provision of food and other supplies for armies.
"Commission districts" does exists but seems to be only associated with the Scouts and other voluntary organizations.
In the British Empire, a District Commissioner was an important official in charge of the administration of a district (but the districts were just called Districts). This seems to me to be a reasonable comparison, but there is no really brief way of putting it.