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A Life Under Russian Serfdom: The Memoirs of Savva Dmitrievich Purlevskii, 1800-68
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.365092
EAN: 9789637326158
ISBN: 9637326154
Label: Central European University Press
Manufacturer: Central European University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 119
Publication Date: 2005-03
Publisher: Central European University Press
Studio: Central European University Press
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This is a translation of one of the very few Russian serfs' memoirs. Savva Purlevskii recollects his life in Russian serfdom and the lives of his grandparents, parents, and fellow villagers. He describes family communal life and the serfs' daily interaction with landlords and authorities. Purlevskii came from an initially prosperous family that later became impoverished. Early in his childhood, he lost his father. Purlevskii did not have a chance to gain a formal education. He lived under serfdom until 1831 when at the age of 30, he escaped his servitude.
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Rating: - An ordinary Russian life
"A life under Russian serfdom" is a poorly written, yet extremely interesting autobiography written by S. D. Purlevskii, an otherwise unknown Russian villager. He was born in 1800, and passed away in 1868. In 1877, the Russian magazine "Russki vestnik" published a polished and heavily edited version of his memoirs. What makes them interesting is that Purlevskii was an (almost) completely ordinary person, one of millions of Russians who had experienced serfdom. (Serfdom was abolished in Russia in ... Read More
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