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Page 63
... peasants or to peasant associations ; the nobility's share of arable land had fallen to a little more than 20 percent . Peasant land had in- creased by more than 40,000,000 hectares between 1877 and 1905 , of which more than half had ...
... peasants or to peasant associations ; the nobility's share of arable land had fallen to a little more than 20 percent . Peasant land had in- creased by more than 40,000,000 hectares between 1877 and 1905 , of which more than half had ...
Page 75
... peasants were fully in- dividual proprietors , not altogether equal ; the class of kulaks - those peasants with above average landholdings and hired labour - grew distinctly stronger . Only a few voluntary communal experiments and a few ...
... peasants were fully in- dividual proprietors , not altogether equal ; the class of kulaks - those peasants with above average landholdings and hired labour - grew distinctly stronger . Only a few voluntary communal experiments and a few ...
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... peasants . It was not a heavy payment , but it was the sign that the payer ac- cepted his dependence on the lord . Next was the obligation ( forismaritagium ) to obtain the lord's permission for mar- riage outside the social group or ...
... peasants . It was not a heavy payment , but it was the sign that the payer ac- cepted his dependence on the lord . Next was the obligation ( forismaritagium ) to obtain the lord's permission for mar- riage outside the social group or ...
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