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Russian Serfdom: A Reappraisal

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SUMMARY: The article argues that the status and conditions of Russian peasants before the abolition of serfdom were more fluid than is usually held. The author maintains that serfdom-based agriculture sustained a considerable rate of economic growth before 1861. A more nuanced look into the institution of serfdom reveals the complex economic and legal relationships in the preemancipation Russian Empire and the need to escape classical simplified definitions of serfdom. The author also asserts that the abolition of serfdom in 1861 did not have an immediate effect. Important constraints on peasant labor persisted well after that date, albeit less severe than before. These vestiges of serfdom did not hamper escalated economic growth. The author thus concludes that economic growth can occur without democracy and full rights, even under a system of coerced labor. Автор статьи доказывает, что правовой статус и условия жизни российских крестьян до отмены крепостного права были гораздо более разнообразными, чем принято считать. Автор также утверждает, что крепостное сельское хозяйство поддерживало значительный уровень экономического роста до 1861 г. Более нюансированный подход к институту крепостного права открывает сложное переплетение эконо-мических и правовых отношений в дореформенной Российской импе-рии, заставляя отказаться от классических упрощенных определений крепостничества. Автор также утверждает, что отмена крепостного права в 1861 г. не имела немедленного эффекта. Важные ограничения крестьянского труда сохранялись и после этой даты, хотя и не такие суровые как прежде. Эти пережитки крепостничества не препятство-вали все ускоряющемуся экономическому росту. На этом основании автор делает вывод о том, что экономический рост может происходить вне демократической системы и полноправия, даже в условиях при-нудительного труда.
Title: Russian Serfdom: A Reappraisal
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SUMMARY: The article argues that the status and conditions of Russian peasants before the abolition of serfdom were more fluid than is usually held.
The author maintains that serfdom-based agriculture sustained a considerable rate of economic growth before 1861.
A more nuanced look into the institution of serfdom reveals the complex economic and legal relationships in the preemancipation Russian Empire and the need to escape classical simplified definitions of serfdom.
The author also asserts that the abolition of serfdom in 1861 did not have an immediate effect.
Important constraints on peasant labor persisted well after that date, albeit less severe than before.
These vestiges of serfdom did not hamper escalated economic growth.
The author thus concludes that economic growth can occur without democracy and full rights, even under a system of coerced labor.
Автор статьи доказывает, что правовой статус и условия жизни российских крестьян до отмены крепостного права были гораздо более разнообразными, чем принято считать.
Автор также утверждает, что крепостное сельское хозяйство поддерживало значительный уровень экономического роста до 1861 г.
Более нюансированный подход к институту крепостного права открывает сложное переплетение эконо-мических и правовых отношений в дореформенной Российской импе-рии, заставляя отказаться от классических упрощенных определений крепостничества.
Автор также утверждает, что отмена крепостного права в 1861 г.
не имела немедленного эффекта.
Важные ограничения крестьянского труда сохранялись и после этой даты, хотя и не такие суровые как прежде.
Эти пережитки крепостничества не препятство-вали все ускоряющемуся экономическому росту.
На этом основании автор делает вывод о том, что экономический рост может происходить вне демократической системы и полноправия, даже в условиях при-нудительного труда.

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