- 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...
- of
Vasily Galitzine,
involved the
abolition in 1682 of the
system of
mestnichestvo, or "place priority",
which had
paralyzed the
whole civil and military...
-
originals of
razriad books were
burned in 1682 in
order to
fight against mestnichestvo; however, some
copies and
compilations (of
varying quality) were preserved...
-
after Tsar
Fyodor III of
Russia abolished the old
system of
ranks (
mestnichestvo) and all the
ancient pedigree books had been
burnt to
prevent contention...
- and
dangers of the
prevailing system of
preferment - the so-called
mestnichestvo, or rank priority,
which had
paralyzed the
Russian armies for centuries...
-
Table of
Ranks re-organized the
foundations of
feudal Russian nobility (
mestnichestvo) by
recognizing service in the military, in the
civil service, and at...
- fell upon the
forces of
Vladislaus IV, yet the
conservative system of
mestnichestvo precluded him from
taking supreme command in any of
these engagements...
- 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...
