Sloboda

Sloboda, ( according to Russian свобода ( swoboda ), freedom ) refers to a medieval peasant Besides settlement, which is spatially close to the Russian city, Gorod, consisting of Kremlin ( princely residence ) and Posad ( suburb ), was formed.

The Sloboda emerged since the 13th century as outsourced District in the sense of a free settlement. These settlements were established for the cultivation of new land on behalf of the prince or of the landlord, such as monasteries or on its own initiative, a group of settlers. The Sloboda had privileges of judicial and administrative nature, and were limited exemption from taxes.

The highlight of the Sloboda was reached in the 15th century. In Russian Tsardom of the 16th and 17th centuries, the character of Sloboda changed. She was no longer a privileged rural settlement, but a predominantly peri-urban commercial or occupational community, who were among the among urban settlements ( the Posad ), but were not subject to the tax. The inhabitants of the Sloboda traded, crafts and other trades like the inhabitants of the city, but these were favored over tax and therefore competitive advantage. In Sloboda mostly members of a professional branch were merged, who settled on either tax free landowner country ( the church and monasteries ) or produced specifically for state and Tsar's court and performed services.