Category
page 1Serfdom in Russia
Pugachev's Rebellion
peasant revolt against Empress Catherine II of Russia
Emancipation reform of 1861
reform passed by Tsar Alexander II of Russia which effectively abolished serfdom throughout the Russian Empire
Russian serfdom
Russian serfs were agrarian peasants legally bound to the land owned by nobility and who were deprived of rights and forced to provide free labor.

George's Day in Autumn
in Slavic tradition
Agapius Honcharenko
Russian and Ukrainian political émigré and newspaper publisher (1832-1916)