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Life Under Russian Serfdom
Gorshkov, Boris B., Purlevskii, Savva Dmitrievich
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Description for Life Under Russian Serfdom
Paperback. This is a translation of one of very few Russian serfs' memoirs. Savva Purlevskii recollects his life in Russian serfdom during 1800-31 and life of his grandparents, parents, and fellow villagers. He describes family and communal life and the serfs' daily interaction with landlords and state authorities. Editor(s): Gorshkov, Boris B. Translator(s): Gorshkov, Boris B. Num Pages: 130 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 226 x 8. Weight in Grams: 226.
This is a translation of one of very few Russian serfs' memoirs. Savva Purlevskii recollects his life in Russian serfdom and life of his grandparents, parents, and fellow villagers. He describes family and 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.Gorshkov's introduction provides some basic knowledge about Russian serfdom and draws ... Read more
This is a translation of one of very few Russian serfs' memoirs. Savva Purlevskii recollects his life in Russian serfdom and life of his grandparents, parents, and fellow villagers. He describes family and 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.Gorshkov's introduction provides some basic knowledge about Russian serfdom and draws ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Budapest, Hungary
ISBN
9789637326158
SKU
V9789637326158
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About Gorshkov, Boris B., Purlevskii, Savva Dmitrievich
Boris B. Gorshkov teaches world history at Kennesaw State University. He is author of many articles on the Russian pre-emancipation peasantry and child labor, including "Democratizing Habermas: Peasant Public Sphere in Pre-Reform Russia," Canadian American Slavic Studies Special Issue (Fall 2004); "Factory Children" in New Labor History, ed. Michael Melancon and Alice Pate (Bloomington, 2002); "Serfs on the Move," Kritika ... Read more
Reviews for Life Under Russian Serfdom
"A fascinating autobiography of a self-made serf-entrepreneur, originally published in 1877... The book - elegantly printed by the Central European University Press and illuminated with nineteenth-century miniatures of peasant life - will surely provide an attractive teaching material for the courses on pre-Reform Russian history, as well as a good read for all those interested in social history of Russia" ... Read more