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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “No sooner had the news spread that the liberation long sighed for was coming than the insurrections nearly stopped.”

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No sooner had the news spread that the liberation long sighed for was coming than the insurrections nearly stopped.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin notes the peasants' response to the news of impending liberation, indicating their hope and anticipation.

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