For the common good and their own well-being: social estates in imperial Russia

Every subject in the Russian Empire had an official place in society marked by his or her social estate, or soslovie. These sosloviia (noble, peasant, merchant, and many others) were usually inherited and defined the rights, opportunities, and duties of individuals. This book looks at the many ways...

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Main Author: Smith, Alison Karen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2014
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:Every subject in the Russian Empire had an official place in society marked by his or her social estate, or soslovie. These sosloviia (noble, peasant, merchant, and many others) were usually inherited and defined the rights, opportunities, and duties of individuals. This book looks at the many ways that soslovie could affect individual lives and have meaning, then traces the legislation and administration of soslovie from the early eighteenth century to the early twentieth century.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (IX, 278 S.) Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:9780190215590
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199978175.001.0001