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Freeing the Serfs
Author: Tamara Eidelman
Translator: Nora Favorov
Russian Life: Jan/Feb 2011
Department: Russian Calendar
Page: 15 ( 3) pages
Summary: 150 years ago, everyone knew the serfs had to be freed, but no one knew how to do it without provoking unrest or revolution. But Alexander II went ahead anyway. Sort of...
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