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votchina (Russian: во́тчина, IPA [ˈvottɕɪnɐ], pl. вотчины,
votchiny) or
otchina (о́тчина – from the word for father) was a land
estate that
could be...
- opyt
izucheniia organizatsii i
vnutrennikh otnoshenii krupnoi tserkovnoi votchiny, chast” I (St. Petersburg: M. Aleksandrova, 1914.
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appanages held as a
temporary trust, and
patrimonial possessions known as
votchiny that
belonged to
individual members or branches. In the
treaties between...
- opyt
izucheniia organizatsii i
vnutrennikh otnoshenii krupnoi tserkovnoi votchiny, chast” I (St. Petersburg: M. Aleksandrova, 1914.
Reprinted in Izbrannye...
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people were
forced into serfdom,
mostly by the monasteries.
Monastery votchiny greatly expanded during the 17th century, but were
abolished in 1764, when...