The abolition of serfdom in Russia, 1762-1907
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The abolition of serfdom in Russia, 1762-1907
(Seminar studies in history)(A Pearson education book)
Longman, 2001
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The abolition of serfdom in Russia
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-191) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 Russia presents the reform as a process. It traces the origins of the abolition of serfdom back to reforms in related areas in 1762 and forward to the culmination of the process in 1907. Written in an engaging and accessible manner, the book shows how the reform process linked the old social, economic and political order of eighteenth-century Russia with the radical transformations of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that culminated in revolution in 1917.
Table of Contents
- 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
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