For the Common Good and Their Own Well-Being: Social Estates in Imperial Russia by Alison K. Smith

For the Common Good and Their Own Well-Being: Social Estates in Imperial Russia

Alison K. Smith

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Every subject of the Russian Empire had an official, legal 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,...

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