The Emancipation of the Serfs in Russia: Peace Arbitrators and the Development of Civil Society (Basees/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies)

by RoxanneEasley (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $151.34

  In the wake of the Crimean War, the Russian autocracy renovated its most basic social, political and economic systems by emancipating some 23 million privately-owned serfs. This book examines the emancipation of the serfs, focusing on the mechanisms used to enact the reforms and the implications for Russian politics and society in the long term.