title: The Peasants of the St. Petersburg and Moscow Provinces after Abolition of Serfdom
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metadata.value: Mironov, Boris N.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-03-04T21:13:30Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-03-04T21:13:30Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Mironov B. N. The Peasants of the St. Petersburg and Moscow Provinces after Abolition of Serfdom. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2021, vol. 66, issue 4, рp. 1041–1062.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2021.401
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/35476
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article examines the condition of the peasantry in the St. Petersburg and Moscow provinces
  in 1850–1890 against the background of the development of 50 provinces of European
  Russia as a whole. The aim is to test the adequacy of the concept of the agrarian crisis of the
  post-reform village, which occurred as a result of the unfair reform of the 1860s predatory
  towards peasantry. The article criticizes the dominant concept of the Soviet historiography,
  which is regarded as controversial in modern scholarship. The first part of the article assesses
  the dynamics of the standard of living of the peasantry based on the traditionally used data:
  firstly, on production factor and sources of income, and the degree of sufficiency of peasant
  incomes for normal life and, secondly, on anthropometric indicators. The analysis of anthropometric
  data is preceded by a methodological introduction, which explains the theoretical
  foundations of using the body length data and the technique and procedure of processing
  primary information to obtain an adequate picture. Special attention is paid to the interpretation
  of the results of anthropometric analysis, which poses a difficulty to classical historians.
  The analysis of traditional and anthropometric indicators characterizing the condition of the
  metropolitan peasantry of the capital and 50 provinces of European Russia leads to the conclusion:
  in 1861–1890, the standard of living of peasants in the capital provinces had improved,
  moreover, to a larger extent compared to European Russia as a whole. The agreement of the
  results of economic and anthropometric analysis enhances the reliability of the conclusion
  about the improvement of the welfare of the Russian peasantry during the first 30 years after
  the peasant reform.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: This research was supported by grant No 19-09-00365 from the Russian Foundation for Basic
  Research “Comparative analysis of the economic and social consequences of the February 19, 1861 reform
  in metropolitan provinces”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 66; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: abolition of serfdom
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the standard of living of the peasantry
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: St. Petersburg and Moscow provinces
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: European Russia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: traditional indicators of the welfare of peasants
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: historical anthropometry
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the second half of the 19th century
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Peasants of the St. Petersburg and Moscow Provinces after Abolition of Serfdom
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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