Emancipation of the serfs

When did Alexander II make a speech to the Moscow nobility?

11th April 1856

What did Alexander II say to the Moscow nobility?

“It is better to abolish serfdom from above, than allow it to abolish itself from below.”

Who was a key planter in the tsar’s secret committee?

Prince Orlov

Who were the liberals in the secret committee?

Lonskoy and Rostovtsev

What was the Lonskoy-Plan?

The starting point for the committee that gave personal freedom to serfs by allowing them to buy huts and farmyards over 10-15 years

What was the Lithuanian proposal and who made it?

Landless liberation for serfs, Nazimov

What was the outcome of the Lithuanian proposal?

The rescript which was sent to every governor general and provincial committee saying there had to be landed liberation

What were the three committees who were in charge of enacting the reform of emancipation?

The Main commitee headed by Constantine, the Editing commission headed by Rostovtsev and the Imperial council

Who created the beggarly allotment and what was it?

Prince Gargarin, peasants were given ¼ of the land and didn’t have to pay

When was the completion of the emancipation of private serfs?

1863

When were state serfs emancipated?

1866