| 41. | So, the Walser were pioneers of the liberalisation from serfdom and feudalism.
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| 42. | Catherine did initiate some changes to serfdom, though.
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| 43. | Richard II agreed to reforms including fair rents and the abolition of serfdom.
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| 44. | Even before emancipation in 1861, serfdom was on the wane in Russia.
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| 45. | The abolition of serfdom aggravated property inequalities between the inhabitants of Izhevsky Zavod.
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| 46. | "In my childhood and teenage years I witnessed serfdom at its worst.
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| 47. | Like many of his educated contemporaries, he was particularly opposed to serfdom.
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| 48. | Yet conditions were improving as serfdom was breaking down.
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| 49. | These debts made many peasants return to a life of semi-serfdom.
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| 50. | He viewed press censorship, serfdom, and capital punishment as Western influences.
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