HTST 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Catherine The Great, Freemasonry, Serfdom In Russia
22 Sep 2016
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Tensions in russian society/ government at the end of the 18th century (both domestic and international with the west) Russia turns its back on the rest of the world especially europe. The questions around serfdom will become a polarizing issue in russia, 19 th century. Important constituency, stronger than ever by the early 19th century. The nobility in russia were largely synonymous with landowner . Under peter the 1st, nobility was expected to enter into some degree of state service. Responsible for the collection of taxes (you were able to gain nobility through extensive state service under peter the. This starts to get undermined as time goes on) If you read literature at the time, it shows that a huge motivator for nobles to work for the state was utter awful boredom. In 1736, rules were put in place that serfs and land could not be purchased at all if you weren"t noble.
