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Couple being married in front of a crowd of dignitaries
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JAMES MACK (1827-64)

Mujiks or serfs

Sep 1856

RCIN 2945160

Serfdom, a form of slavery which tied peasants to landowners, practised since medieval times, was only abolished in Russia by Alexander II in 1861. This image is remarkable from a historical perspective, as it was only after they were emancipated that peasants started appearing regularly as the subject of photographs


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