. The earth and its inhabitants .. . a general institution in the empire, although its most original and best studied forms occur chiefly in Great Russia. The usual rendering of the term mir by that of *' commune " is scarcely correct, for labour in common is little practised except in some temporary agricultural unions, such as the schershchina of the Lower Volga and Little Russia. In certain Raskolnik communities the land is not even divided, but cultivated by all, and the produce distributed according to the number of workers in each family. Asa rule, labour in common, and equal divisi
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . a general institution in the empire, although its most original and best studied forms occur chiefly in Great Russia. The usual rendering of the term mir by that of *' commune " is scarcely correct, for labour in common is little practised except in some temporary agricultural unions, such as the schershchina of the Lower Volga and Little Russia. In certain Raskolnik communities the land is not even divided, but cultivated by all, and the produce distributed according to the number of workers in each family. Asa rule, labour in common, and equal division of the produce, are practised more frequently on the pasture than the arable lands, and more generally on rented farms than on communal property. The word mir, meaning
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