Here's some more information about periodic land redistribution in Russia:
In 1861 Serfdom was abolished in Russia and land was divided between
peasants and landlords.
". . .peasants did not achieve equality before the law or real personal
freedom. Their land was held not by them but by the village community. The
institution was often know as the mir or the obshchina. The heads of
families in the village controlled land utilization. In most parts of
European Russia they periodically redistributed strips within a
three-field system familiar to students of medieval farming. The peasant
was not allowed to leave his village without the authority of the
community, and all the households of the village were jointly liable for
taxes and redemption fees. . ."
These practices came to an end between 1906-1911 with the introduction of
land reform. ". . .Peasants were now free to leave their communities, to
consolidate their holdings, to buy land or sell it, to move to town or to
migrate."*
*An Economic History of the USSR 1917-1991. Alec Nove. Penguin. 1991.
Daljit
> I'd appreciate a reference for this land redistribution in Russia.
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> > Before the Communist revolution in Russia, around every 10 years(I think)
> > land was equally divided up and distributed to the peasents. Also, under
> > some religions debts have to be foregiven every so often. What's the
> > rationale for this type of periodic redistribution?
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