The rural community in Belarus after the abolition of serfdom
Журнал Белорусского государственного университета: История, 2021 The article explores the creation and the functioning of rural societies in Belarus after the abolition of serfdom. Considerable focus is given to the definition of differences between the terms «rural society» and «peasant community».
Anna I. Maskevich
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The impact of the April 1848 laws on the transformation of society, or the abolition of serfdom [PDF]
Zbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2023 The study describes the development of serfdom, the Dózsa Uprising, which was caused by social conflicts and the limitation of serfdom and their legal consequences. A significant milestone was the Urbárium of 1767, followed by two other decisive boundary
Szentpáli-Gavallér Pál
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Vilnius University Open Series, 2021 The purpose of this article is to examine the influence of the peasant self-government system, which had been functioning in Vilna and Kovno Governorates since the abolition of serfdom in 1861 (in Suwałki Governorate – since the land reform of 1864) up ...
Vilma Vaskelaitė
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Did the Abolition of Serfdom Affect the Life Cycle of Peasants in the Western Part of the Grodno Governorate in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries? [PDF]
Przeszłość Demograficzna Polski, 2020 The objective of the article is an attempt to find the answer to whether the agrarian reforms of the 1860s carried out in Russia affected the individual’s life cycle in peasant Catholic families in Podlasie which, after 1807, was included in the Grodno ...
Cezary Kuklo
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Did Khor Need Literacy? (I. S. Turgenev and A. A. Fet: Two Views on Primary Education) [PDF]
Два века русской классики, 2021 The article discusses two points of view on the primary education, literacy — I. S. Turgenev’s and A. A. Fet’s. The author describes the landmark clash between Turgenev and Fet, and also shows the mood and plans of both writers in the early 1860s.
Natalya P. Generalova
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Memory and nostalgia: pre-reform Russia in the minds of the Russian nobility of the second half of the 19th century [PDF]
University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series, 2021 This article is devoted to the study of the perception of the pre-reform era by the upper class in the second half of the 19th century, after several years thereof, then decades after the abolition of serfdom. Initial assessments of the peasant reform
Natalia Seliverstova
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Consolidation of the Principle of Democratic Elections in the Law of the Latvian People
Law: Journal of the University of Latvia, 2023 The article provides an analysis of the gradual consolidation of the principle of democratic elections in the election law of the Latvian people during the period from the abolition of serfdom in the Baltic Governorates of the Russian Empire at the ...
Jānis Lazdiņš
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Peasant Reform of 1861 in Reflection of Regional Press (“Vyatskiye Gubernskiye Vedomosti”)
Научный диалог, 2021 The question of how the abolition of serfdom in 1861 was covered in the Russian regional press is considered in the article. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that, using the example of “Vyatskiye Gubernskiye Vedomosti”, it is shown how ...
A. M. Subbotina
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A Suppressor of Tension or Judge or Official: The Peace Arbitrator in a Post-Serfdom Village
Lietuvos Istorijos Studijos, 2023 The article examines how the modern position of the peace arbitrator, the idea of which was borrowed from the ‘court of arbitration’ functioning in the Western world, emerged and was used in the governance structure of the Russian Empire. It reveals the
Tamara Bairašauskaitė
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Economic Effects of the Abolition of Serfdom: Evidence from the Russian Empire [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014 We document substantial increases in agricultural productivity, industrial output, and peasants' nutrition in Imperial Russia as a result of the abolition of serfdom in 1861. Before the emancipation, provinces where serfs constituted the majority of agricultural laborers lagged behind provinces that primarily relied on free labor. The emancipation led
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