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Cancellation of feeding in 1556: causes, Zemstvo reform and results
Cancellation of feeding in 1556: causes, Zemstvo reform and results

The article tells about the abolition by Tsar Ivan the Terrible of the practice of feeding, which consisted in the forced collection of funds from the people for the maintenance of the bureaucracy. It was an extremely important and timely decree, which became part of the Zemstvo reform carried out by him in 1556

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Possessive pronouns in Russian. Their features, examples of use in stable turns
Possessive pronouns in Russian. Their features, examples of use in stable turns

Text about possessive pronouns in Russian: their meaning, their list, what question they answer, features of declension, changes in numbers and genders

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    Alexander Lyceum. Alexander Lyceum in St. Petersburg

    The Imperial Alexander Lyceum is the new name of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, given to him after moving to St. Petersburg from Tsarskoye Selo. The complex of buildings in which it was located occupies a site bounded by Roentgen Street (formerly Lyceum Street), Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt and Bolshaya Monetnaya Street. Currently, the Alexander Lyceum in St. Petersburg is an architectural monument of federal significance

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History of state and law: when the experience of the past can serve the future
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    Almost every person in his life, at least for a moment, imagined himself the owner of a huge treasure: a chest with jewelry or a found wallet with an impressive wad of money. As you grow up behind a whole heap of everyday problems and the rapid passage of time, this fantasy becomes more and more vague. But in vain

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