MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) - They wrote letters to each other, were both assassinated in public, and led separate campaigns to free large swathes of their countrymen. MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) - They wrote ...

From the 12th century onwards, serfdom had been a key feature of Russian life. In contrast to European feudalism, where serfs only tithed a portion of their crops to their masters, they effectively ...

World history moment: Czar Alexander II emancipates Russian serfs On February February 19, 1861 Czar Alexander II emancipated Russia’s serfs. Historian John Schmidt explains how it happened. PHOTO: ...

Two great nations are peculiarly entitled to be considered modern in their general character, though each is living under ancient institutions. They are the United States and Russia. Neither of these ...

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I visited the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum on the first Sunday I arrived in Montgomery. Open now nearly two months, people from different states started coming here ...

April 4 — To the Editor: If you were disappointed with the outcome of the 2016 election, but want to continue to support important causes, there is good news: We are not “Russian Serfs,” so we are ...

MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) - They wrote letters to each other, were both assassinated in public, and led separate campaigns to free large swathes of their countrymen. Czar Alexander II and President ...

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