Subiect: The author on the basis of a series of documents speaks about the aggravation of the feudal exploitation in Basarabia and, in particular, in the county Soroca.
The nobles and the church, which constituted about 33% of the rural population, possessed 72% of the useful lands. At the same time the most part of the peasants who constituted about 60% of the population didn’t possess anything.
The relations between the land proprietor and the peasant entered in an acute crisis. The peasants from the county Soroca organized different rebellions against the attempts of raising the feudal services.
Such villages as Vasilcău, Trifăuţi, Vorăncău, Rubleniţa, Pragila, Drăgăneşti were affected by the disorder. The Russian Government emitted several documents as the Regulations regarding the peasants (1834) and the Normal Contract (1846), which in their turn deepened the crisis in the region. The implementation of the acts was stopped by the peasant movement who demanded for the abolishment of the slavery and for the provision of the peasants with land.
