They whispered into his ears that the day serfdom was abolished the peasants would begin to kill the landlords wholesale, and Russia would witness a new Pugachóff uprising, far more terrible than that of 1773.
Kropotkin reflects on the fears surrounding the abolition of serfdom in Russia and the potential for violent uprisings.
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