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Published: 11.07.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Summaries, Notes 'About Russian Civilization', 1.
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Agricultural settlements in the south and the establishment of trade routes through the Black Sea In the process, the military democracies of the Cossack hosts along the Dnieper, Don and Volga rivers lost their autonomy and special privileges, the wealthier officers became Russian nobles, receiving the right to own and settle serfs on their own lands, while the fierce horsemen sank to the level of peasants with special military obligations…

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