The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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Page 57
... land by peculiarities of dialect , costume , and habits ; and even the various peninsulas differ from each other in these particulars . The peninsula of Mönchgut has best preserved its peculiarities ; but there too primitive simplicity ...
... land by peculiarities of dialect , costume , and habits ; and even the various peninsulas differ from each other in these particulars . The peninsula of Mönchgut has best preserved its peculiarities ; but there too primitive simplicity ...
Page 80
... land , these colonies are much wealthier than the neighbouring Russian peasants , from whom they have adopted the slowly modified village community . They are chiefly Lutherans , but many of them belong to other reli- gious sects ...
... land , these colonies are much wealthier than the neighbouring Russian peasants , from whom they have adopted the slowly modified village community . They are chiefly Lutherans , but many of them belong to other reli- gious sects ...
Page 82
... land and sometimes clear it in common by the united labours of all the young men and cattle of the community . On the other hand , the nonconforming sects , while helping to preserve several advantageous features of Russian life , have ...
... land and sometimes clear it in common by the united labours of all the young men and cattle of the community . On the other hand , the nonconforming sects , while helping to preserve several advantageous features of Russian life , have ...
Page 83
... land - much higher than the market value of the allotment . Moreover , taking advantage of the maximum law , many proprietors.cut away large parts of the allotments the peasants possessed under serfdom , and precisely the parts the ...
... land - much higher than the market value of the allotment . Moreover , taking advantage of the maximum law , many proprietors.cut away large parts of the allotments the peasants possessed under serfdom , and precisely the parts the ...
Page 84
... land is scattered in small patches among forests , communities of several villages , or ' volost ' com- munities , have arisen ; and in the " voisko " of the Ural Cossacks we find community of the whole territory as regards both land ...
... land is scattered in small patches among forests , communities of several villages , or ' volost ' com- munities , have arisen ; and in the " voisko " of the Ural Cossacks we find community of the whole territory as regards both land ...
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