title: The Practice of Turning Serfs into Free Ploughmen During the Reign of Alexander I
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metadata.value: Timofeev, Dmitrii V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-01-17T11:41:41Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-01-17T11:41:41Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2019-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Timofeev D. V. The Practice of Turning Serfs into Free Ploughmen During the Reign of Alexander I. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2019, vol. 64, iss. 4, pp. 1177–1194.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2019.401
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/16918
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article presents the results of the complex analysis of implementation of the decree of
  February 20, 1803. The first part of the paper demonstrates the dynamics of transition of peasants
  to free ploughmen on the basis of comparison of quantitative data, as well as the possible
  motives of the landowners who released them during the period between 1804 and 1825. In
  the second part of article, the analysis of trials on cases of the conflicts between landowners
  and emancipated peasants is carried out. Based on archival materials, main scenarios of the
  conflicts are presented: refusal of the landowner to execute terms of the contract and actions
  of the state aimed at coercion into emancipating serfs; disagreement of successors with the
  decisions of the former owner and recognition of the need of updating the legislation. The
  article reveals divergence of actions, arguments and motives of landowners concerning the released
  peasants, the evaluation of the reasons hindering the process of implementation of the
  decree of February 20, 1803, by contemporaries. As a result, the research shows the correlation
  between the decisions on individual cases and the development of projects on abolishing
  serfdom at a national scale. The recognition of importance of legal confirmation of “consent”
  of the landowner and peasants; the need for preserving state control over observance of the
  rights and obligations of contracting parties, and strategy for legal confirmation of diverse
  ways of releasing peasants became important features of this process.
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 64; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: serf issue in Russia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: free ploughmen
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: emancipation of peasants
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: social conflict
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: projects of abolishing serfdom
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: interclass interactions
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Practice of Turning Serfs into Free Ploughmen During the Reign of Alexander I
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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