1. Serfdom
... conditions. Since the weather was cold and warmth was hard to come by, the hut was closed up all winter and the air had become stale and it smelled of animal waste. Some of the stoves in the huts were made of clay and did not have chimney's and therefore, the hut would become smoky and sooty. This was an extreme ... allowed to buy land in cities or rural areas (GSE, p.730). Feudalism was given a huge blow in Western Europe by the French Revolution and Napoleon. Russia was, however, one of the few regions of Europe not overthrown by Napoleon. Moreover, Russia's defeat of the French Grand...
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