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    the third Duma restored the election of justices of the peace. Russian: барщина, IPA: [ˈbarɕːɪnə] Russian: оброк, IPA: [ɐˈbrok] The Lutheran Church was...
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    roleyniye (pashenniye) zakupy) and corvée smerds (Russian term for corvée is барщина, barschina) was the closest to what is now known as serfdom. According...
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    term corvée is also sometimes used to translate the terms barshchina (барщина) or boyarshchina (боярщина), which refer to the obligatory work that the...
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  • St. George in Kiev) provided they had fulfilled all corvée (barshchina, барщина in Russian) and/or quitrent (obrok, оброк in Russian) obligations and had...
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