History A-Level
Barshchina
What Barshchina means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Barshchina
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A form of labour rent through which landowners extracted wealth from serfs, leaving them with little incentive or capital to improve yields.
Topics that use Barshchina
- 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only) – Catherine the Great and Russia, 1762–1796 (AQA A-Level)
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