Serfdom in Russia 25/02/1861 Like always, today was a very boring and frustrating day. I thought a lot of things today. I think that I will not be able to resist this life as a serf anymore. Russians treated me badly today. I cleaned the land for them today, planted several crops, and watered crops. Today one of my friends was killed for arguing to one of the landowners. I guess he did the right thing- …showed first 75 words of 421 total…

…showed last 75 words of 421 total…As soon as I got informed, I went immediately to my family members to inform them of the Emancipation Edict Alexander II had issued. They got very happy as soon as I told them and promised me to give me the small amount of money they had saved to buy a portion of land. Today I stopped working for my landlord and bought him a portion of land with the money my family gave me.