10h 14min, mar 3, 1861 y - Tsar Alexander II passes the Emancipation Edict
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Tsar Alexander II passes the Emancipation Edict, ending serfdom in Russia (but keeps peasants tied to the land through continuing labour obligations).
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10h 14min, mar 3, 1861 y
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~ 164 years ago