ON THE CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK AND STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SERVAGE IN RUSSIA

Abstract

The theme of this article is very relevant, since in the existing literature of the issue there is practically no periodization of the history of serfdom in Russia with the characteristic of its stages after its formal registration for the peasantry in the Cathedral code of 1649.the Novelty of the work follows from some of the principal guidelines of the author regarding hypertrophied highly valued in relation to this issue of individual government decrees. In fact, most often, especially in the post-Petrine period, the transformation of serfdom from the right "on the ground "to the right" on the face "the further, the more increased, especially in the legal sphere, primarily due to the development of a kind of" habit "of landowners to perceive the owner's peasants as"slaves". Marked a turning point in the development of legislation and government policies, starting with the Pavlovsk time, which, however, had little effect on the real situation possessory peasants in the first half of the XIX century The source base of the research is represented by the materials of the Full collection of laws of the Russian Empire (the First and Second collections), Assembly materials, noble projects of the peasant question (published by the author in 11 volumes of collections of documents). The result of this work is the determination of several stages in the development of serfdom in relation to the possessory peasants (mid XVII - beginning of XVIII centuries; the second quarter of XVIII - the end of the XVIII century; the end of XVIII - first half XIX centuries) and the examination of their characteristics in the context of changes, primarily in the private law sphere.

Keywords

• serfdom
• the peasant question
• possessory peasants
• serfs
• servants
• landlords
• the russian autocracy