The peasants lived a poor and tough life. Many of them were freed slaves, but their lives didn't improve much since slavery.
The czar that freed the serfs in Russia is Alexander the II.
When Alexander II freed the serfs (peasants) in Russia in 1861. The serfs were never truly freed. The Russian government bought land from the landowners to give to the serfs, but the serfs were required to repay the Russian government. These repayments took 49 years and the serfs stayed on the land until it was fully repaid.
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he freed the serfs
the peasants cultivated the lands in russia but nobles,crown and chruch owned large property.peasants needed the nobles land to cultivate but peasants refused to pay the rents and even murdered landlords.
King Richard II tricked the peasants into thinking that they would be freed and he would do as they say if they leave now but he didn't keep his word and instead he killed Wat Tyler and several others that where high up in charge.
Freed serfs were given small emounts of land but they still had to pay heavy taxes.
German troops were freed to fight in the west.
The Bastille was a political prison that had become a symbol to French peasants of the tyranny of the monarchy. It was stormed and the prisons in it freed in 1789.
German troops were freed to fight in the west.