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| In ] the ] was abolished in 1819, however the land was not redistributed among the peasants and the '']'' labor was preserved. The |
In ] the ] was abolished in 1819 (for comparison, in the whole Russian Empore ] in 1861), however the land was not redistributed among the peasants and the '']'' labor was preserved. The 1856 Estland agrarian reform postponed the expected abolition of the corvee for 10 years, which sparkled the revolt. | ||
| ==In culture== | ==In culture== | ||
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Mahtra War was an uprising of the Mahtra estate (now in Rapla County, 60 km from Tallinn) in Estonia, Russian Empire in 1858.
The participants of the uprising were exiled to Siberia.
Historical context
In Estland the serfdom was abolished in 1819 (for comparison, in the whole Russian Empore it was abolished in 1861), however the land was not redistributed among the peasants and the corvée labor was preserved. The 1856 Estland agrarian reform postponed the expected abolition of the corvee for 10 years, which sparkled the revolt.
In culture
- Mahtra Peasant Museum (Estonian: Mahtra Talurahvamuuseum) ,
- Eduard Vilde, "War in Mahtra", historical novel (1902, Estonian title: “Mahtra sõda"; Russian translation: Эдуард Вильде, Война в Махтра, 1950, Tallinn, publisher: "Художественная литeратура и искусство")
- Anatoli Garshnek, "Mahtra sõda" (1958), cantata