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Serfdom and unfree labour

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A system in which the agricultural economy relied on unfree labour, which stifled innovation, prevented the emergence of a mobile industrial workforce, and limited the domestic market's purchasing power.

AQA · 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only) – Catherine the Great and Russia, 1762–1796 (study guide)

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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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