- Scutelnic
Scutelnic (also scutnic, from Romanian verb "scuti", "to exempt", "to absolve"; plural: "scitelnici", "scutnici") was a category of
peasant servants inWallachia andMoldova which were exempt from statetax es. They were attached to "boier s" which had military or administrative function and to monasteries, to perform various duties. [ [http://www.vostlit.info/Texts/Dokumenty/Rumanien/XIX/Svinjin/primtext2.phtml Comments to the Russian book "Очерк истории Молдавии" by П. П. Свиньин] ru icon] [ [http://www.yup.ro/cuv51265-scutelnic.html Definition of "Scutélnic"] ro icon]The category was introduced by reforms of
Constantine Mavrocordatos . [Neagu Djuvara , "Între Orient şi Occident. Ţările române la începutul epocii moderne", Humanitas, Bucharest, 1995, pp.227-228. ] [ [http://www.moldovahistory.ru/absolutism7.html "Fiscal Administration"] , a section from a book in Romanian history ru icon]The category of "scutelnici" was abolished in
Bessarabia after it was annexed by the Russian Empire by theApril 29 ,1818 "Statute on the Establishment of theBessarabian Oblast " ["Charter for the organization of the Bessarabian Oblast",April 29 ,1818 , in "Печатается по изданию: Полное собрание законов Российской империи. Собрание первое.", Vol 35. "1818",Sankt Petersburg , 1830, pg. 222-227. Available online at [http://www.hrono.info/dokum/moldav1818.html hrono.info] ru icon]The term is preserved in various names, such has
family name sSkutnik ,Skutelnik (alternative transliterations of the word from theCyrillic alphabet ) and the settlementScutelnici .References
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