In 1861 serfdom, the system which tied the Russian peasants irrevocably to their landlords, was abolished at the Tsar’s imperial command. Four years later, slavery in the USA was similarly declared ...

This story is set 'in the time of the masters' i.e. under serfdom. Serfdom, although it started later in Russia than in western Europe and was only formalised in the mid- seventeenth century, lasted ...

He added that "defeat at this time would mean a return to worse conditions than existed in the early days of hatting in the Oranges, and that meant 'practically Russian serfdom.'" View Full Articl ...

The burden of taxation was so great that periodic riots broke out. The peasants of Russia had been freed from serfdom in 1861 by Alexander II. However, in order to give the peasants land ...

The death of Tsar Alexander I in November 1825, at the early age of 48, took by surprise the conspirators who, for nearly ten years, had been plotting his overthrow and the replacement of the Russian ...