THE VRUSSIAN PEASANT.
There are now in reality but two eltswj in l.ussia—the aristocracy, who are a small percentage of the population, m the peasant, who before 1881 was wW ■erf or slave, but who is now a »_*"_** citizen. The nobility are WjT* are now tor the most part broken ■ ruined, with no hope ot a chant- v '"Si 1 , democratic tendency has so aereWe* of recent years that the nobles «■" long er the monopoly of the ctai posts; for, with a very few ■"■*£ the hiXt Posts U. the land ££«£ L- open to the peasants-and to tUeme i the nobility. The *-£_J*£s, commands, as in the past ■"JVJJE d * but it is very questionable w*et-« W serves it. I*. Kust.au. where, in other countries «£ TU ,. S e to una the peasant, ■»* ~ canno t g et a-y r J- « „ the factories, do_Ks, "-» tne towns. still« •«► , But he does not cBB-«. , cc „ . foive (>f circumstances He may. **
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 205, 27 August 1904, Page 12
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156THE VRUSSIAN PEASANT. Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 205, 27 August 1904, Page 12
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