People who once held this status had to pay a series of forty-nine "redemption payments" after it ended.
People who once held this status had to pay a series of forty-nine "redemption payments" after it ended. A plan to end this status was announced in the Imperial Rescript and formulated by the Secret Committee. Former members of this group were given voting rights in the (*) zemstvos after they were emancipated in 1861 by Alexander II. For 10 points, name these people who were bound to the noble land on which they worked in Russia, as they were in feudal systems of medieval Western Europe.
People who once held this status had to pay a series of forty-nine "redemption payments" after it ended.
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