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Up From Serfdom: My Childhood And Youth In Russia, 18041824,New
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It Was The Arbitrary Nature Of The Serfholders Power That Weighed On Serfs Like Nikitenko, For As They Discovered, Even The Most Benevolent Patron Could Turn Overnight Into An Overbearing Tyrant. In That Respect, Serfdom And Slavery Were The Same. Peter Kolchin, From The Forewordaleksandr Nikitenko, Descended From Oncefree Cossacks, Was Born Into Serfdom In Provincial Russia In 1804. One Of 300,000 Serfs Owned By Count Sheremetev, Nikitenko As A Teenager Became Fiercely Determined To Gain His Freedom. In This Memorable And Moving Book, Here Translated Into English For The First Time, Nikitenko Recollects The Details Of His Childhood And Youth In Servitude As Well As The Sixyear Struggle That At Last Delivered Him Into Freedom In 1824. Among The Very Few Autobiographies Ever Written By An Exserf, Up From Serfdom Providesa Unique Portrait Of Serfdom In Nineteenthcentury Russia And A Profoundly Clear Sense Of What Such Bondage Meant To The People, The Culture, And The Nation.Rising To Eminence As A Professor At St. Petersburg University, Former Serf Nikitenko Set About Writing His Autobiography In 1851, Relying On His Own Diaries (Begun At The Age Of Fourteen And Maintained Throughout His Life), His Fathers Correspondence And Documents, And The Stories That His Parents And Grandparents Told As He Was Growing Up. He Recalls His Town, His Schooling, His Masters And Mistresses, And The Utter Capriciousness Of A Serfs Existence, Illustrated Most Vividly By His Fathers Lurching Path From Comfort To Destitution To Prison To Rehabilitation. Nikitenkos Description Of The Tragedy, Despair, Unpredictability, And Astounding Luck Of His Youth Is A Compelling Human Story That Brings To Life As Never Before The Experiences Of The Serf In Russia In The Early 1800S.
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