Service class people (Russian: служилые люди, romanized: sluzhilyye lyudi) were a class of free people in Russia in the 14th to the 17th centuries, obliged to perform military or administrative service on behalf of the state.[1]
- ^ The Cambridge history of Russia. Perrie, Maureen, 1946-, Lieven, D. C. B., Suny, Ronald Grigor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2006. pp. 439. ISBN 9780521812276. OCLC 77011698.
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