Alexandrovka, Znamensky District, Tambov Oblast
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Alexandrovka is a rural locality (a selo) in Alexandrovsky Selsoviet
of Znamensky District
of Tambov Oblast
, Russia
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The village was founded in 1816 when sisters Zagryazhskys, landed estate owners, moved 366 serfs
to this location from their votchina
in Znamenka.
Selsoviet
Selsoviet is a shortened name for a rural council. The full names for the term are, in , , . Selsoviets were the lowest level of administrative division in rural areas in the Soviet Union...
of Znamensky District
Znamensky District, Tambov Oblast
Znamensky District an administrative and municipal district of Tambov Oblast, Russia.It contains the village Bukari....
of Tambov Oblast
Tambov Oblast
Tambov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tambov. Population: down from 1,178,443 recorded by the 2002 Census.Tambov Oblast is situated in forest steppe.-Birth rate:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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The village was founded in 1816 when sisters Zagryazhskys, landed estate owners, moved 366 serfs
Russian serfdom
The origins of serfdom in Russia are traced to Kievan Rus in the 11th century. Legal documents of the epoch, such as Russkaya Pravda, distinguished several degrees of feudal dependency of peasants, the term for an unfree peasant in the Russian Empire, krepostnoi krestyanin , is translated as serf.-...
to this location from their votchina
Votchina
Votchina or otchina was an East Slavic land estate that could be inherited. The term "votchina" was also used to describe the lands of a knyaz.The term originated in the law of Kievan Rus...
in Znamenka.