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How Did a Russian Serf Estate Actually Work? - Life and Labor on a Sheremetev Estate | Sleepy Facts About History
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Between a birch forest and a spring-flooded river, two hundred households arranged their lives around a bell that marked work and prayer. They were serfs, bound to the land and a landlord by laws that had hardened over two centuries. But understanding their world means looking past the simple label of unfreedom to see how the machine of serfdom actually ran. This episode examines the daily reality of a Russian estate, exploring the distinct categories of peasants, the heavy obligations of…
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