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No, he did not. Tsar Alexander II freed the serfs. Peter made some advances in serfdom. He said families coudl not be pulled apart and sold and he would not let serf owners retain their estates if they were excessively cruel. But the reforms he made in the dress and manners of Russians applied only to aristocrats and in the end without wanting to he started the two culture system in Russia leading to further abuse and a revolution. He believed that serfs belonged on the land but allowed factory owners to have serfs and also made prostitutes in lieu of jail, work in factories. Serfdom as an uncommon institution in Russia had existed since 1000. But real serfdom where the serfs could not leave, had to pay an aristocrat, and owners were given 15 years to find escapees had only been in existance for 150 years before Peter was born. They were freed in 1861, 178 years after Peter was born.

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