- In
Russian history,
mestnichestvo (Russian: ме́стничество, IPA: [ˈmʲesʲtʲnʲɪtɕɪstvə]; from ме́сто, a position) was a
feudal hierarchical system in Russia...
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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...
- 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...
- centuries, the
system of
hierarchy was a
system of
seniority known as
mestnichestvo. The word
dvoryane described the
highest rank of gentry, who performed...
- of
Vasily Galitzine,
involved the
abolition in 1682 of the
system of
mestnichestvo, or "place priority",
which had
paralyzed the
whole civil and military...
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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...
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although Russia surrendered those gains after Peter's
death in 1725.
Mestnichestvo Pososhniye lyudi Sloboda Ukase Votchina Bureaucratic titles Prikaz Podyachy...
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originals of
razriad books were
burned in 1682 in
order to
fight against mestnichestvo; however, some
copies and
compilations (of
varying quality) were preserved...
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Table of
Ranks re-organized the
foundations of
feudal Russian nobility (
mestnichestvo) by
recognizing service in the military, in the
civil service, and at...
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theoretically open to all
classes of the society, in
place of the nobility-only
mestnichestvo which Feodor III had
abolished in 1682 at the
request of the highest...
