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«Historical quill». Attribution of the main symbol of the abolition of serfdom

Rossiiskaia istoriia, 2021
          
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The abolition of serfdom

2015
On March 30, 1856, Emperor Alexander II, newly ascended to the Russian throne, addressed the Marshalls of the Nobility of Moscow Province with a set of remarks that sent shock waves through the Russian elite. “Rumors have been circulating,” the tsar noted, “that I wish to give the peasants their freedom. This is unjust, and you can say this to everyone
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Autocracy and the Abolition of Serfdom in Russia, 1856-1861

Soviet Studies in History, 1987
The abolition of serfdom in 1861 was a landmark that separated feudal Russia from capitalist Russia. V. I. Lenin called the fall of serfdom "a crucial historical turning point."1 In his work "The Peasant Reform and the Proletarian-Peasant Revolution" he wrote: "February 19, 1861, signifies the beginning of the new, bourgeois Russia, which had emerged ...
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Smolensk nobility against the government: from the history of the abolition of serfdom in Russia

Российская история, 2023
The article analyzes the participation of the Smolensk nobility in the discussion of the peasant question in Russia in 1847-1859. The author focuses on the perception of government initiatives by the Smolensk nobility, its reaction to plans to abolish serfdom before the rescripts and during their discussion.
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The Town as Landlord. Košice and Its Villages before the Abolition of Serfdom

2021
This paper aims to investigate the complex relationship between a town and its hinterland in the situation where the town acts as landlord for the surrounding settlements. The case study examines the multi-ethnic town of Košice (Kassa in Hungarian), one of the most important centres in the Kingdom of Hungary (and Slovakia’s second largest city today),
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