Known as the Russian Empire, a term coined by Peter I the Great, this time period is an era of reform for the peasant serfs in the Russian countryside. In this research guide, the period of time attempted to be covered is between 1721, at the beginning of what is know as the Russian Empire, and the year 1861, when under the rule of czar Alexander II serfdom was abolished.

SERFDOM IN RUSSIA. SERFDOM IN RUSSIA. The origins of serfdom as a form of migration control can be seen in mid-fifteenth-century documents that restricted peasant movement to the period on or around St. George's Day in November. By the early 1580s decrees proclaiming "forbidden years," which prohibited all peasant movement for specific periods, ...

3 A few words about Russian serfdom may help the reader to situate Purlevskii’s story in its proper historical context.3 In general, serfdom was a system of tangled relations between the landlords who possessed the land and the peasants who populated and worked it. These relations were characterized by a multiplicity of legal, economic, social, socio-psychological, cultural, …

1861.] DE BTuSCHEIu on Serfdom in the Russian Empire. 315 the year 1722 completed this measure, and at the same time estab-lished the right of the noble to the person of his tenant. The peasant fell into complete personal bondage. The right to levy recruits and to fix the amount of taxation were enforced without regard to the changes in the number or the

01/02/2022 · Serfdom is a term that refers to an institution of forced agricultural labour that existed in the Middle Ages all over Europe. It largely disappeared in Western Europe by the early modern period, while persisting in Eastern Europe and, in …

Russian Orthodox Christians. Peasant revolts. Russian Empire. House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. Tsardom of Russia. Catherine the Great. Pugachev's Rebellion. Russian nobility. Serfdom in Russia.