232 Pages
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Routledge
232 Pages
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Routledge
232 Pages
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Routledge
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In February 1861 Tsar Alexander II issued the statutes abolishing the institution of serfdom in Russia. The procedures set in motion by Alexander II undid the ties that bound together 22 million serfs and 100,000 noble estate owners, and changed the face of Russia. Rather than presenting abolition as an 'event' that happened in February 1861, The Abolition of Serfdom in... Read more
Part 1 Background; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 2 Analysis; Chapter 2 Serfdom in the Russian Empire; Chapter 3 A Crisis of Serfdom?; Chapter 4 Further Causes of Reform and Abolition; Chapter 5 Rural Reforms, 1762–1855; Chapter 6 Military Reform and the Crimean War; Chapter 7 Preparing to Abolish Serfdom, 1856–61; Chapter 8 The Terms of the Abolition of Serfdom; Chapter 9 Responses and Implementation, 1861–63; Chapter 10 The Reform Process, 1863–1907; Chapter 11 The Impact of the Abolition of Serfdom; Part 3 Conclusion and Assessment; Chapter 12 Abolition and Aftermath; Part 4 Documents;
Biography
David Moon is Reader in Modern History at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
