The Peasantry Flashcards
What did the 1861 Emancipation of the serfs grant peasants?
Freedom and they were allotted a portion of land taken from the landlord.
Why was the emancipation of 1861 not fully beneficial?
The landlords were paid compensation for land given to the peasants and the peasants were expected to repay the state in instalments for over 49 years.
What was the mir?
a self-governing community of peasant households that elected its own officials and controlled local forests, fisheries, hunting grounds, and vacant lands. To make taxes imposed on its members more equitable, the mir assumed communal control of the community’s arable land and periodically redistributed it among the households, according to their sizes (from 1720).
What was the zemstvo
New elected provincial and district
