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The significance of the historical experience of carrying out the reforms…
Journal "Humanities Bulletin" of BMSTU"
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The significance of the historical experience of carrying out
the reforms as exemplified by realizing the Manifesto
of 1861 in the Kaluga province
© I.S. Azarenko
Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Kaluga Branch,
Kaluga, 248000, Russia
The matter of global past and present transformations is one of the most topical in con-
temporary reality. The article specifies the influence of the historical experience in the
sphere of carrying out the reforms in the Russian state through the example of the Peas-
ant (Emancipation) Reform of 1861 in the Kaluga province. We focus on the immediate
implementation of the reform, its distribution to the citizenry, the special nature of this
process in the designated region. In reliance on the archival documents the author not
only provides insight into the process, but also highlights the most common mistakes
made, the causes of these mistakes and the measures taken to correct them. We empha-
size the importance and need for applying the experience accumulated by the previous
generations in order to optimize the reformation process nowadays.
Keywords:
reform, Kaluga province, Manifesto, Alexander II, peasants
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Azarenko I.S.
graduated from the Tsiolkovsky Kaluga State Pedagogical Institute with a
major in history in 1988, social science. Assist. Professor, Department of History and
Philosophy, Kaluga Branch of Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Research
interests include implementation of the reforms by Alexander II in the Kaluga province.
e-mail:
89108651131@mail.ru