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Subjects:

Real property -- Russia -- History.
Inheritance and succession -- Russia -- History.
Nobility -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Russia -- History.

Contents:

Property and inheritance laws in the Muscovite period
The petrine revolution
"Everyone sees the world from his own bell tower": the law of single inheritance and its repeal
Fool's gold : property legislation under Catherine II
Women, inheritance, and the boundaries of kinship
The best laid plans : the problem of the childless landowner
The long arm of the law : redemption and confiscation
The many dimensions of noble insecurity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-251) and index.

ISBN:

0874138876 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

54929491