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

For the common good and their own well-being : social estates in Imperial Russia / Alison K. Smith.

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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Online Access: Full Text (via Oxford Scholarship Online)
Main Author: Smith, Alison Karen (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Estates (Social orders) > Russia > History > 18th century.
Estates (Social orders) > Russia > History > 19th century.
Peasants > Russia.
Community life > Russia.
Group identity > Russia.
Taxation > Social aspects > Russia.
Russia > Social life and customs > 1533-1917.
Russia > Social conditions > 18th century.
Russia > Social conditions > 1801-1917.
Russia > Social policy.
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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 resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190215590 (ebook)
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199978175.001.0001

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