For the Common Good and Their Own Well-Being: Social Estates in Imperial Russia

by Alison K. Smith

Book Overview

Every subject of the Russian Empire had an official, legal place in society marked by his or her social estate, or soslovie. These sosloviia (noble, peasant, merchant, and many others) were usually inherited, and defined the rights, opportunities, and duties of those who possessed them. They were also usually associated with membership in a specific geographically defined society in a particular town or village. Moreover, although laws increasingly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190939621
• ISBN13: 9780190939625
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"