Four Russian Serf Narratives

By: John MacKay

Book Overview

Although millions of Russians lived as serfs until the middle of the nineteenth century, little is known about their lives. Identifying and documenting the conditions of Russian serfs has proven difficult because the Russian state discouraged literacy among the serfs and censored public expressions of dissent. To date scholars have identified only twenty known Russian serf narratives.
Four Russian Serf Narratives contains four of these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029923374X
• ISBN13: 9780299233747
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"