Events
Abolition of mestnichestvo
Service and ancestry
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- 1682
Under Feodor III, the Zemsky Sobor abolished mestnichestvo, the system of allocating offices according to ancestry and the service of forebears. The service registers used in disputes over precedence were destroyed.
- Date
- 12 (22) January 1682
- Ruler
- Feodor III