Agricultural practices of a medieval Russian peasant 
Russia’s 15th century population growth & increased density led to less freedom for peasants & more intensive agriculture. Landowners & monasteries tried to attract peasants to work their lands.
Large & undeveloped private landholdings in the far north were used as source of trade goods, mostly furs.
Late 15th & early 16th century Muscovy paid soldiers by giving them rights to income from estates - pomestye, taken from conquered territories. The soldiers eventually would reside on their pomestye, consolidate it, manage it directly, & try to arrange for its inheritance.
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