On the eve of the premiere of the film "Birth of an Empire", we publish a series of episodes of the Russian Radio University program "Peter the Great and His Empire". The historian Kniazki: "Peter tried to limit the power of the landowner over the serfs" The author of the series, doctor of historical sciences, professor from the Moscow Economic Institute, honorary worker of higher professional education in Russia Igor Kniazki, talks about how Peter the Great tried to limit serfdom: "For murdering a serf, the landowner was subject to the gallows, while in Poland the master who killed his slave was not held responsible at all. In addition, he tried to limit the transfers of peasants. A bill prohibiting the individual sale of farmers was even submitted to the Senate." The large-scale historical drama "Birth of an Empire" will be released on October 29. Watch the episode Subscribe to Radio Russia on Telegram | MAX and download the official Russia Radio app!

On the eve of the premiere of the film "Birth of an Empire", we publish a series of episodes of the Russian Radio University program "Peter the Great and His Empire". The historian Kniazki: "Peter tried to limit the power of the landowner over the serfs" The author of the series, doctor of historical sciences, professor from the Moscow Economic Institute, honorary worker of higher professional education in Russia Igor Kniazki, talks about how Peter the Great tried to limit serfdom: "For murdering a serf, the landowner was subject to the gallows, while in Poland the master who killed his slave was not held responsible at all. In addition, he tried to limit the transfers of peasants. A bill prohibiting the individual sale of farmers was even submitted to the Senate." The large-scale historical drama "Birth of an Empire" will be released on October 29. Watch the episode Subscribe to Radio Russia on Telegram | MAX and download the official Russia Radio app!