Votchina
Sign in to savethumb|Title page of a charter of Peter the Great|Peter I of Russia to [[Gavriil Golovkin, bestowing upon him a votchina (1711)]] A votchina ( , ), or otchina (, ), is a Russian term for a land estate that could be inherited, usually translated as 'patrimony'. The term votchina was also used to describe the lands of a prince (knyaz). The system disappeared in Russia largely due to reforms in the 18th century.
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thumb|Title page of a charter of Peter the Great|Peter I of Russia to [[Gavriil Golovkin, bestowing upon him a votchina (1711)]] A votchina ( , ), or otchina (, ), is a Russian term for a land estate that could be inherited, usually translated as 'patrimony'. The term votchina was also used to describe the lands of a prince (knyaz). The system disappeared in Russia largely due to reforms in the 18th century.
==Terminology== In medieval sources, noble landowners and princes would often refer to a votchina or otchina in connection to their own lands. The term votchina is now generally used in Russian historical terminology in reference to the main form of feudal landownership.
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