A Life Under Russian Serfdom
Subtitle: The Memoirs of Savva Dmitrievich Purlevskii, 1800-68
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: March 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9789637326158
Subjects: Biography: historical; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Social history; c 1800 to c 1900; Biography/Autobiography; Biography; Serfdom; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Personal Memoirs; Eastern Europe - General; Ethnic Studies - General; 19th century; Russia; Serfs; 1800-1868; History; Lijfeigenschap.; Purlevskii, Savva Dmitrievich,; gtt
First sentence: Our birthplace, the village of Velikoe ("Great"), Yaroslavl' province (thirty-five versts40 from Yaroslavl' city eastward along the main road to Rostov), had, from time immemorial, along with the surrounding villages, belonged to the sovereign's court department.