Voroshilova, S.V. Legal position of a married peasant woman in Russia in XIX century.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the specific features of customary legal position of the married woman in Russia in XIX century. The author characterizes the customs in various regions of the pre-Revolution Russia, as well as the practice of the volost courts based on the complaints of the peasants’ wives. One of the sources is the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts, as well as the State Archive of Saratov Oblast.

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