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work for the landlord for three days only);
- all natural exactions for the landlord were
abolished;
- all additional works were to be paid for;
- landlords did not have the right to interfere
in peasants’ personal life, punish them
without a trial, make them serve as house-
serfs, etc.
The inventory book was introduced into each
landlord’s manor where the norms of serfdom
and other serf obligations were recorded.
Thus, those measures made the position of
Ukrainian peasants easier, but the practical
importance of the reforms appeared to be of
little importance, as the innovations stopped
in 1855.
1850 H. Andruzky prepared the project ”The
Outlines of Constitution of the Republic”
which envisaged the formation of federation
of Slavic countries without Russia. He was
arrested and exiled to the prison of Solovetsky
Monastery on the White Sea.
1853-1855 The Crimean War. The reasons lay in the fact
that Russia was trying to strengthen its
influence on the Balkans and destroy the
Ottoman Empire, seized the Bosphorus and
the Dardanelles. The Turkish sultan declared
war against Russia. Military operations took
place on the Black Sea, the Danube and the
Caucasus. In November 1853 Russian fleet
consisting of 8 vessels under the command of
vice-admiral P. Nakhimov forced their way to
the Sinope sea port and destroyed the Turkish

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