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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: These outbreaks on the one side, and the profound aversion to serfdom which had grown up in the generation which came to…

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These outbreaks on the one side, and the profound aversion to serfdom which had grown up in the generation which came to the front with the advent of Alexander II. to the throne, rendered the emancipation of the peasants more and more imperative.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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This statement reflects Kropotkin's view on the growing necessity for the emancipation of the peasants in Russia.

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