Vozhd

 

Vozhd or Vožd (Serbian: Вожд) (Russian: Вождь, lit. 'leader, guide') is a Serbian and Russian Church Slavonic loanword derived from the verb vesti (вестивести, meaning "to lead", "to guide").

In Serbia, it was the title Vožd (Serbian Cyrillic: Вожд) that was given to Karađorđe Petrović by all the voivodes who elected him to be their leader at their first Praviteljstvujusceg sovejeta (Self-government Council) during the First Serbian Uprising.

Later, in Russian, it was often used in reference to Soviet leaders such as Joseph Stalin or Lenin as Vozhd of the proletariat (Russian: Вождь пролетариата), Vozhd of the Russian Communist Party (Russian: Вождь Российской Коммунистической Партии), Vozhd of the World Revolution (Russian: Вождь мировой революции), Vozhd of the Peoples (Russian: Вождь народов).