dvoriane

Russian prince’s retinue

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    • druzhina
      • In druzhina

        …and collectively assumed the name dvoriane (courtiers). During the period of Mongol rule (after 1240), the term druzhina fell out of use. See also boyar.

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    • Russian history
      • Russian Empire
        In Russian Empire: Economy

        …assigned to factories, and non-dvoriane (non-nobles) received permission to acquire manpower through the purchase of villages. Of the 199 factories existing in 1725, 18 percent were textile and 31 percent metallurgical, and all but 13 had been established in the reign of Peter, half of them by the state.…

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