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A life under Russian serfdom : memoirs of Savva Dmitrievich Purlevskii, 1800-1868 / translated and edited by Boris B. Gorshkov.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Publication details: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (x, 119 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1417574534
  • 9781417574537
  • 9786155053955
  • 6155053952
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Life under Russian serfdom.DDC classification:
  • 306.3/65/092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • HT807 .P87 2005eb
Other classification:
  • 15.70
Online resources:
Contents:
Our village, its inhabitants and owners -- My grandfather -- Myself, my childhood, and my family -- And my adult life began -- My marriage, my landlord, my trade, and other things -- Life outside the village observed -- The bitterness of serfdom realized -- My activities in estate life -- My future fate resolved -- Epilogue.
Review: "This memoir provides readers with a glimpse of the life of a Russian serf, Savva Dmitrievich Purlevskii. He was born in 1800 in Velikoe, in a serf village in Yaroslavl' province of central Russia. At the age of thirty, he escaped from serfdom by fleeing to the south. He wrote his memoirs shortly before his death in 1868." "Savva Purlevskii recollects his life in Russian serfdom and the life of his grandparents, parents, and fellow villagers. He describes family and communal life and the serfs' daily interaction with landlords and authorities."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Our village, its inhabitants and owners -- My grandfather -- Myself, my childhood, and my family -- And my adult life began -- My marriage, my landlord, my trade, and other things -- Life outside the village observed -- The bitterness of serfdom realized -- My activities in estate life -- My future fate resolved -- Epilogue.

"This memoir provides readers with a glimpse of the life of a Russian serf, Savva Dmitrievich Purlevskii. He was born in 1800 in Velikoe, in a serf village in Yaroslavl' province of central Russia. At the age of thirty, he escaped from serfdom by fleeing to the south. He wrote his memoirs shortly before his death in 1868." "Savva Purlevskii recollects his life in Russian serfdom and the life of his grandparents, parents, and fellow villagers. He describes family and communal life and the serfs' daily interaction with landlords and authorities."

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