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Bitmap Image  |  1997-05-08  |  141KB  |  432x324  |  8-bit (75 colors)

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OCR: Russian serf (1600s) Serfs were class of peasant farrrers under systemcalled IRITIS lism in medieval Europe. They were legally required to farrn their "master's lard and pay himrert Along with the land the serfs were consid lered the property Qf the rmaster They rrade up about 80 percent of Russia popula tion. The 1700s saw the end of serfdorn ir rrost of Europe but 1 was rot abolished ir Russia until 1861 The terrible poverty and of the serfs was one the factors that led ta the Russiar Revolution farrers urder farm serfdomin rost abol shed

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