A life under Russian serfdom : memoirs of Savva Dmitrievich Purlevskii, 1800-1868 /

"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Purlevskii, Savva Dmitrievich, 1800-1868
Other Authors: Gorshkov, Boris B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Ruso
Published: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Purlevskii, Savva Dmitrievich, > 1800-1868.
Purlevskii, Savva Dmitrievich, > 1800-1868
1800-1899
Serfs > Russia > Biography.
Serfdom > Russia > History > 19th century.
Serfs > Russie > Biographies.
Servage > Russie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Rural conditions
Serfdom
Serfs
Lijfeigenschap.
Russia (Federation) > Rural conditions.
Russia
Russia (Federation)
collective biographies.
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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