RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA
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were land owning aristocrats in pre-revolutionary Russia.
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were religious scholars in the court of the Czars
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were high ranking military officials during the Revolution
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were responsible for education of the proletariat after the Russian Revolution
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Detailed explanation-1: -boyar, Russian Boyarin, plural Boyare, member of the upper stratum of medieval Russian society and state administration.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Russian word for nobility, dvorianstvo (), derives from Slavonic dvor (), meaning the court of a prince or duke (kniaz), and later, of the tsar or emperor.
Detailed explanation-3: -The etymology of the term comes from the word battle (, boj); the boyars of Serbia were literally “men for the battle” or the warrior class, in contrast to the peasants; they could own land but were obliged to defend it and fight for the king.
Detailed explanation-4: -After dealing with Novgorod for a 4th time, Ivan went in and stripped all Boyars of their wealth and land. He took over three million acres of land and untold fortunes.