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A Life under Russian Serfdom : The Memoirs of Savva Dmitrievich Purlevskii, 1800-68 /

"This memoir provides readers with a glimpse of the life of a Russian serf, Savva Dmitrievich Purlevskii. He was born in 1800 in Velikoe, in a serf village in Yaroslavl' province of central Russia. At the age of thirty, he escaped from serfdom by fleeing to the south. He wrote his memoirs...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Purlevskii, Savva Dmitrievich, 1800-1868
Otros Autores: Gorshkov, Boris B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Ruso
Publicado: New York : Central European University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Our village, its inhabitants and owners
  • My grandfather
  • Myself, my childhood, and my family
  • And my adult life began
  • My marriage, my landlord, my trade, and other things
  • Life outside the village observed
  • The bitterness of serfdom realized
  • My activities in estate life
  • My future fate resolved
  • Epilogue.