Privileges of The Nobility
Russian nobility possessed the following privileges:
- The right to own estates populated with estate-tied serfs (until 1861), including virtual ownership of the serfs who worked on the estates.
- Freedom from compulsory military service (1762–1874; later compulsory military service was introduced which did not exempt the noble estate).
- Freedom from zemstvo duties (until the second half of the 19th century).
- The right to enter specially designated educational institutions (Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, Imperial School of Jurisprudence and Page Corps).
- Freedom from corporal punishment.
- The right to bear and use a coat of arms, introduced by the end of the 17th century.
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