Law Code
The Zemsky Sobor adopts the Sobornoye Ulozheniye, the great law code of Muscovite Russia
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1649 in Russia
Explore 12 historical events and records for Russia in 1649.
Historical records for Russia in 1649
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January
Serfdom
The Ulozheniye legally binds peasants more tightly to landowners and helps define hereditary serf status
Other events (month unknown)
Codification
Works as a scribe on the 1649 law code commission
Codification
Works as a scribe on the compilation of the Sobornoye Ulozheniye
Codification
Heads the special commission that drafts the Sobornoye Ulozheniye for the Zemsky Sobor
Codification
Serves on the commission preparing the new Russian law code under Tsar Alexis I
Codification
Serves on the drafting commission for the Sobornoye Ulozheniye of 1649
Copies of the Sobornoye Ulozheniye are issued to
Copies of the Sobornoye Ulozheniye are issued to Moscow government offices as a guide to law and administration
Council
The patriarch and consecrated clergy take part in the upper house of the Zemsky Sobor that approves the code
Court Politics
After the Moscow uprising and the 1649 assembly, Morozov loses his dominant place as court favourite
Reform of Legal System
Promulgates the Soborn Ulozheniye, a code of laws for legitimizing serfdom. New Law Code, Sobornoe ulozhenie
Reform of Legal System
Parliament produces the Code of Law, Ulozhenie, to redress widespread discontent
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