The Peasantry is brought into Serfdom
Fire the "The Peasantry is brought into Serfdom" event in Europa Universalis IV with the console command event flavor_rus.10.
The Peasantry is brought into Serfdom
Country event
Fire this event with the event command and the event ID flavor_rus.10.
What happens
Boris Godunov was elected in 1598 to succeed Fedor. He consolidated Russia's territorial gains, but, soon after he came to power, drought, famine, and plague killed half a million people in Muscovy. Peasants fled their villages, leaving their holdings reclaimed by weeds. In response Godunov decreed that the peasants were forbidden to leave the estates on which they were born (Ivan IV had passed a similar decree in 1581). The peasants had truly become serfs.
Player choices
When this event fires, The Peasantry is brought into Serfdom presents these options:
- Enserf the peasants
- Do not enserf them