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Up from Serfdom: My Childhood and Youth in Russia, 1804-1824 (Updated Edition) by Aleksandra Nikitenko, Helen Saltz (Translator) Jacobson, Peter Kolchin Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-300-09716-6 / 0300097166 ISBN-13: 978-0-300-09716-0 / 9780300097160 “It was the arbitrary nature of the serfholder’s power that weighed on serfs like Nikitenko, for as they discovered, even the most benevolent patron could turn overnight into an overbearing tyrant. In that respect, serfdom and slavery were the same.” —Peter Kolchin, from the foreword Aleksandr Nikit |