Peter the Great — "As for the peasants, let a toll of two half-copecks per beard be collected at th…"

As for the peasants, let a toll of two half-copecks per beard be collected at the town gates each time they enter or leave a town; and do not let the peasants pass the town gates, into or out of town, without paying this toll.
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Extension of the beard tax to peasants

Date: 1705

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