Emancipation Edict 1861 (3)
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- Emancipation Edict 1861
- Serfs declared 'free'
- Could marry who they wanted, own property, land, travel and enjoy legal rights.
- Their 'rights' were only theoretical.
- Only applied to private serfs; state serfs in 1866
- They received their own cottage and allotment of land.
- However land allocations varied; for some it was insufficient to live on.
- Mirs were responsible for land allocations whilst Volosts supervised.
- Enterprising serfs could make profits from grain.
- If they sold land, they could move to the city and gain a wage.
- Could marry who they wanted, own property, land, travel and enjoy legal rights.
- Landlords given govt bonds as compensation
- Some could use this to redeem debts and invest in industry
- However some could not pay off debts leaving them to sell their remaining land.
- Serfs had to pay 49 annual 'redemption payments'
- This provoked unrest.
- Land prices were sometimes above market price leaving serfs in debt.
- Purchasing power of peasants remained low.
- Mirs were responsible for collection of taxes and serfs had to remain with them till their payments were done.
- Mirs constrained them and prevented them from leaving the countryside.
- For the govt: flow of money meant a growing economy.
- But 647 incidents of riot including a peasant riot in Kazan. Famine and inequalities still existed.
- Initially had a 2 year delay due to getting the logistics right; in the long run emancipation took 20 years.
- Serfs declared 'free'
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