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    Serfs were peasants in feudal Europe, including Russia, who were bound to the land they worked and could not leave without permission. They performed various jobs and tasks as directed by nobles. Serfdom developed over centuries in Russia and was legally codified in 1649, binding serfs to estates. The 1861 emancipation of Russian serfs by Tsar Alexander II was a major reform that freed serfs, though they had previously been considered property that could be sold with the land. Peasants were generally free compared to serfs but often had small plots of land or businesses and were agricultural workers.

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    Serfs were peasants in feudal Europe, including Russia, who were bound to the land they worked and could not leave without permission. They performed various jobs and tasks as directed by nobles. Serfdom developed over centuries in Russia and was legally codified in 1649, binding serfs to estates. The 1861 emancipation of Russian serfs by Tsar Alexander II was a major reform that freed serfs, though they had previously been considered property that could be sold with the land. Peasants were generally free compared to serfs but often had small plots of land or businesses and were agricultural workers.

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    Serfs

    By: Ammon Jensen, Valerie Guevara, Brayden


    Nielsen and Alex Ruwe
    What are serfs?
    ● Serfs are almost the same as peasants but lower
    ● A serf is a peasant who lives under the political system of feudalism – they
    aren’t just unique to Russia but were found across Europe throughout the
    middle ages.
    ● A serf could buy their own freedom if they could get the money, but where
    could they get the money? They were uneducated and mostly unskilled.
    ● It was one of the consequences of the Tartar devastation during the 13th
    century when peasants became homeless and settled on the land of wealthy
    Russians.
    Serfs
    ● Serfs couldn’t be bought or sold but they couldn’t leave their land without
    permission.
    ● The 1861 Emancipation of Russian Serfs was the single most important
    reform of the reign of Tsar Alexander II.
    ● It was one of the consequences of the Tartar devastation during the 13th
    century when peasants became homeless and settled on the land of wealthy
    Russians.
    ● In 1658 it was made illegal for serfs to flee their estates and this really
    entrenched them in their lowly position in Russian society.
    Serfs (cont.)
    ● A serf's job was whatever the noble told them it was, a carpenter, blacksmith,
    baker, farmer, and tax collector, serfs did it all
    ● A serf could buy their own freedom if they could get the money, but where
    could they get the money? They were uneducated and mostly unskilled.
    ● Serfdom in Russia developed gradually over many centuries. Historians
    usually trace the root of Russian serfdom to the 11th century, but it only began
    to fully establish itself after the introduction of the Sobornoye Ulozhenie (Law
    Code) in 1649 by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich which first legally tied serfs to
    Russian estates.
    ●
    Serfs and peasants
    Serfs Both Peasants

    ● Serfs were bound to the ● Festivals were a big deal. ● Peasants were free sort
    land. This was the only time a of.
    peasant or serf could relax
    ● Worked as whatever the ● Some had their own
    and socialize.
    noble told them to. ● Church was powerful business or owned a small
    ● Serfs were legally part of ● Only way to get to heaven plot of land.
    the land, and if the land was to follow Bible ● Peasants are normally
    was sold, they were sold ● Couldn’t read so priest conceived of as settled
    with it. read bible to them agriculturalists.

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