The Language of Russian Peasants in the Twentieth Century: A Linguistic Analysis and Oral History analyzes the social dialect of Russian peasants in the twentie

A study undertaken by the author in the late 1890's of several villages in the province of Riazan in order to meet the need for information about the actual lif

A life under Russian serfdom : peasant society and politics under serfdom -- Peasant agriculture -- Peasants, childhood and gender roles -- The field and the lo

An authoritative history of Russia from early Rus' to the reign of Peter the Great.

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