Until the 1860s, almost all Russian peasants held their land in a form of communal ownership known as obshchina or mir, which was similar, but not identical, to the commons-based communities in pre-industrial England. The communes were arranged in various ways, but typically, each household farmed strips in open fields, and the land was periodically redistributed. Control of common lands and forests was managed by village assemblies. — Monthly Review
all Russian peasants held their land in a form of communal ownership known as obshchina or mir, which was similar, but not identical, to the commons-based communities in pre-industrial England — Monthly Review
Steals what is stolen. (grab nagrabliennoye) Earlier, Vera Kornéyeva said, you put your unbridled passions before everything else and, of course, believers hindered you. But now you want to build and achieve well-being in this world, why do you persecute your best citizens? Believers do not steal; do you intend to build a just society with the profiteers and the jealous? It will all come crashing down on you. Let the Church be truly separated from the State, do not touch it, you have nothing to lose.
The manifesto of 1861, despite all its limitations, the reform proved to be more generous than similar reforms in neighboring countries: Prussia and Austria. Later on, the 1917 revolution swept away the incomplete agrarian reform of Alexander...
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