Question
These people’s status was formalized by the Council Code, which was issued in 1649 by the ruler Alexis. These people were forced to pay money to the government over a 49-year period of “redemption payments.” These people paid levies known as obrok and were often forced to perform barshchina. Many of these people moved into communes called mir after being granted land in the Pauper’s Allotment. Unlike kholops, these people could only be sold together with the land they worked. In 1861, these people were emancipated in an edict delivered by Tsar Alexander II. For 10 points, what term refers to unfree people who worked for landowners in Imperial Russia? ■END■
ANSWER: serfs [or krepostnoy krest'yanin; accept former serfs or freed serfs or liberated serfs or emancipated serfs; prompt on indentured servants or farm workers; prompt on peasants or villeins or muzhiki or krest’yanin; prompt on Russians; reject “slaves” or “kholops”]
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| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoffrey Wu (UG) | Columbia A | Swarthmore A | 34 | 10 |
| Finn Doyle (DII) | Princeton | Penn | 78 | 10 |
| Luke McCrory (DII) | NYU B | NYU C | 79 | 10 |
| Daniel Shannon (DII) | University of Delaware A | NYU A | 79 | 10 |
| Mary Scheidel (UG) | Fordham | Swarthmore B | 79 | 10 |
| Miles Jaffee (DII) | Lehigh | University of Delaware B | 83 | 10 |