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Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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At the gatherings there isgloom, confusion, and resentment. In the homes—hell. In view of these facts, it is not surprising thatthe peasants are frequently goaded to despera-tion Their wretched life, their ignorance andsuperstition, make them an easy prey to agita-tors. T\\\x^,t\ie Russl-iya-Vyedomosti reports thatm the governments of Orel and Kursk the peas-ants have been holding meetings. They agreeupon a certain plan of action, and at night attackthe estates of wealthy landlords or merchants.The storehouses where the grain is kept areattacked and plundered, the buildings destroyed,the forests cut down. Many estates have thusbeen pillaged. The Kievlyanui (Kiev) reportssimilar outrages in the governments of Orel andChernigov. A number of large estates havebeen pillaged, important sugar refineries burned,and thousands of pounds of sugar destroyed.The losses are enormous, it being estimated thatthe Mikhailovsk refinery alone suffered to theextent of three million rubles. The peasant
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RUSSIAN PRISON WOMEN IN SAGHAMEN BEING DRILLED FOR SELF-PROTECTION. LEADING ARTICLES OF THE MONTH. 729 mob engaged in this work of destruction num-bered about three thousand. The l\ii.s.skii/((.Vyedomosti also reports that the peasants nearthe town of Dagda, government of Dvinsk, havebeen made desperate by hunger. They havepillaged and destroyed several estates, carriedoff everything that was portable, and destroyedthe rest. Tlie cattle from some of the estateswas driven off ; the surviving landlords haveescaped with some of their property, and havesought protection with the soldiers who weresent from Dvinsk. The local police does nothing.The inhabitants of the town do not sleep atnight, fearing an attack by the peasants. The fermentation among the factory em-ployees still continues. The Pravo reports thatfive hundred striking artisans attacked the policein Sukhum. A demonstration by the unem-ployed occurred in Kiev. Similarly, the Syevero-Za2mdny Krai recounts the strike disorders in

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