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Abolition of Serfdom in Russia: 1762-1907
ISBN-10: 0-582-29486-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-582-29486-8
Published by Longman
© 2002
Pub. Date: Nov 29, 2001
Format: Paper
Table of Contents
List of Table and Map.
Introduction to the Series.
Note on Translations.
Author's Acknowledgements.
Publisher's Acknowledgements.
Chronology.
Map.
I. BACKGROUND.
1. Introduction.
Historians and the Abolition of Serfdom.
The Structure of the Book.
II. ANALYSIS.
2. Serfdom In The Russian Empire.
The Russian State, the Nobility and Serfdom.
Serfdom in the Western Borderlands of the Russian Empire.
Noble Estates and the Peasant Villanges.
Conclusion.
3. A Crisis Of Serfdom?
An Economic Crisis?
'The Peasant Movement.'
Conclusion.
4. Further Causes Of Reform And Abolition.
Humanitarian Considerations.
State Interests.
Relations between the State and Nobility.
The Decembrist Revolt.
Conclusion.
5. Rural Reforms, 1762-1855.
Catherine the Great, the Nobility and Serfdom.
Protection.
Limited Reforms of Serfdom in Russia, 1801-48.
Reforms of Serfdom in the Western Borderlands.
Reforms of the Appanage and State Peasants.
Conclusion.
6. Military Reform And The Crimean War.
The Need for Military Reform.
Military Settlements.
Indefinite Leave and the Creation of Reserves.
The Crimean War, 1853-56.
From Defeat to Reform.
Conclusion.
7. Preparing To Abolish Serfdom, 1856-61.
Tentative First Steps.
The Government's First Programme.
The Provincial Committees of Noble Estate Owners.
The Government's Second Programme.
The Editing Commissions.
Final Hurdles.
8. The Terms of The Abolition Of Serfdom.
The Statues on the Abolition of Serfdom.
The Two-Year Transitional Period.
Temporary Obligation.
The Redemption Operation.
The Proclamation on the Abolition of Serfdom.
Conclusion.
9. Responses And Implementation, 1861-63.
The Tsar, his Brother and the Government.
The Intelligentsia.
The Nobility.
The Peasantry.
Implementation.
Popular Monarchism.
Conclusion.
10. The Reform Process, 1863-1907.
Temporary Obligation.
The Redemption Operation.
The End of the Reform Process.
Comparisons.
Conclusion.
11. The Impact Of The Abolition Of Serfdom.
The Wider Context.
Estate Owner-Peasant Relations.
Peasant Agriculture.
Peasant Living Standards.
The Position of the Nobility.
Public Opinion.
Conclusion.
III. CONCLUSIONS AND ASSESSMENTS.
12. Abolition and Aftermath.
IV. DOCUMENTS.
Glossary.
Who's Who.
Guide to Further Reading.
Bibliography.
Index.
