The Peasants Are Rising
Agrarian revolts spread through southern Russia as peasants destroyed landowners' estates near Elizabethgrad and Alexandria, a small dispatch capturing the unrest that preceded the 1905 Revolution.
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Fergus County Argus · August 29, 1905 · Page 2
1 min readOdessa, Aug. 26.
Odessa, Aug. 26.—Agrarian disorders have broken out in Elizabeth Grad and Alexandria districts and peasants are destroying the property of the landowners. A big estate at Eutzky has been entirely demolished.
The president of the Elizabeth Grad seems to have permission from the government to convoke a meeting of the landlords with the view of settling grain questions.
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