Alexander II1861
Issues the Emancipation Manifesto abolishing the legal institution of serfdom for privately owned peasants.
Russia · House / House of Holstein. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Issues the Emancipation Manifesto abolishing the legal institution of serfdom for privately owned peasants.
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