This is an essay which describes the life of a serf in Russia. It is written in three journal entries.
Date Submitted: 04/30/2003 19:50:08
Category: / History / European History
Length: 2 pages (421 words)
Category: / History / European History
Length: 2 pages (421 words)
Serfdom in Russia
25/02/1861
Like always, today was a very boring and frustrating day. I thought a lot of things today. I think that I will not be able to resist this life as a serf anymore. Russians treated me badly today. I cleaned the land for them today, planted several crops, and watered crops. Today one of my friends was killed for arguing to one of the landowners. I guess he did the right thing- …
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…As soon as I got informed, I went immediately to my family members to inform them of the Emancipation Edict Alexander II had issued. They got very happy as soon as I told them and promised me to give me the small amount of money they had saved to buy a portion of land. Today I stopped working for my landlord and bought him a portion of land with the money my family gave me.
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