Crown (state) sector of the Russian landed property and reform 1861

Abstract

This article is focused on the unknown bill of reform for appanage peasants by 27 October 1861, elaborated by head of Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov (1796–1866), a prominent statesman who lived in the time of Alexander II. Mikhail N. Muravyov made numerous legislative proposals in the period from 1858 to 1861. In the first place, they were related to land redemption for ownership by peasants and establishment of public administration in the peasant country that was undergoing reforms. An unbiased analysis of all these facts allows us a deeper insight into the multifaceted peasants reform of 1861–1866 and its consequences for the legal development of Russia.

Keywords:

bill, peasants reform of 1861–1866, appanage peasants, land ownership, land redemption, statesmenеn, Alexander II, M. N. Muravyov