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- In Russian history, mestnichestvo (Russian: ме́стничество, IPA: [ˈmʲesʲtʲnʲɪtɕɪstvə]; from ме́сто, a position) was a feudal hierarchical system in Russia...
- years. The last Zemsky Sobors were held in the 1680s to abolish the mestnichestvo system and to ratify the "Eternal Peace" with Poland-Lithuania. The...
- and dangers of the prevailing system of preferment - the so-called mestnichestvo, or rank priority, which had paralyzed the Russian armies for centuries...
- originals of razriad books were burned in 1682 in order to fight against mestnichestvo; however, some copies and compilations (of varying quality) were preserved...
- of Vasily Galitzine, involved the abolition in 1682 of the system of mestnichestvo, or "place priority", which had paralyzed the whole civil and military...
- fell upon the forces of Vladislaus IV, yet the conservative system of mestnichestvo precluded him from taking supreme command in any of these engagements...
- Table of Ranks re-organized the foundations of feudal Russian nobility (mestnichestvo) by recognizing service in the military, in the civil service, and at...
- state. Under Mongol occupation, for example, Muscovy developed its mestnichestvo hierarchy, postal road network (based on Mongolian ortoo system, known...
- of the ruling prince. A new elaborate system of court precedence, or mestnichestvo, predicated the nobleman's rank and function on the rank and function...
- despotism would lie at the heart of the Russian state. Ivan byp****ed the mestnichestvo system and offered positions of power to his supporters among the minor...