Russian serf emancipation land rent former landlords

Freed Russian serfs often still rented land

The 1861 emancipation freed more than 23 million serfs, but many still needed land from their former masters. Their small communal plots could lack pasture, and serfs had to pay the government for land while landlords received compensation.

Electricity went from a luxury to reaching most of the world

87%

At the start of the 1900s, electricity was mostly available to wealthy people in a few large cities. By 2019, about 87% of the world's population had access to electric power.

Most “Sea Peoples” appear to have traveled by land

“Sea Peoples” is a modern label for several groups who raided Egypt and other parts of the eastern Mediterranean. Despite the name, most appear to have traveled by land. Recent scholarship tends to view them as refugees fleeing a crisis already underway, rather than as the main cause of the Bronze Age collapse.

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Russian serf emancipation land rent former landlords

Freed Russian serfs often still rented land

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