Russian Landed Gentry and the Peasant Emancipation of 1861

Klappentext This books is concerned with the emancipation of the Russian serfs in 1861. Zusammenfassung This books is concerned with the emancipation of the Russian serfs in 1861, the most important event in Russian history between the reign of Peter the Great (1682–1725) and the Revolution of 1905. It is a social history of the emancipation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The Landed Gentry, Serfdom and First Steps Towards Emancipation: 1. Introduction: some social and institutional characteristics of the landed gentry before 1861; 2. The gentry as serf-owners and first steps toward emancipation; 3. The government's first steps and the gentry; Part II. The Provincial Gentry Committees, 1858-9: 4. The Tver landed gentry prepare for peasant emancipation; 5. The liberal program elsewhere in Russia; Part III. The Gentry Versus the Bureaucracy, 1858-61: 6. The government and the gentry, April 1858-November 1859; 7. The provincial gentry assembled and the Second Convocation of gentry deputies in Petersburg (December 1859-April 1860); Part IV. The Gentry After Emancipation, 1861-5: 8. Promulgation of emancipation and the Tver gentry in 1861-2; 9. The variety of gentry views and the 'Constitutionalist Campaign' of 1861-2; 10. Government response to gentry demands and the decline of the gentry opposition movement.

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• Authors: Terence Emmons, Emmons Terence
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521089197
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08919-7
• No. of pages: 504
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era