Everything about Votchina totally explained
Votchina or
otchina (о́тчина - from word
Father) was an East Slavic land
estate that could be inherited. The term "votchina" was also used to describe the lands of a
knyaz.
The term originated in the law of
Kievan Rus. An owner of votchina (
votchinnik, вотчинник) not only had property rights to it, but also some administrative and legal power over people living on its territory. These people, however, were not
serfs, as they'd a right to freely move to different votchinas.
Later the administrative and legal powers of the votchina owners were severely limited, and then completely revoked. In the mid-
15th century, the right of certain categories of peasants in some votchinas to leave their master was limited to a period of one week before and after the so-called
Yuri's Day (
November 26).
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