1. The Legislative Commission of 1767
The purpose of the commission was to clarify the laws of the Russian state since laws had been put into effect previously, without the knowledge of many Russian citizens. ... However, this was only necessary to force the nobles to join the military, and now that the nobility were entering the service on their own, because of their love for the father land, that this law should be abolished.[6] Others claimed that the "old nobility" had villages that were falling into decay because they could not afford to buy a neighboring village, since the new nobility were doubling and tripling their bid...
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