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You can even see the steam ships that replaced the slave in the background.
by 3seashells 3y ago
You can even see the steam ships that replaced the slave in the background.
- beatcracker 3y agoThey were not the slaves, but unionized workers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlak https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlak
- mananaysiempre 3y agoAFAIU an артель artelʼ usually did not engage in collective bargaining as such, so calling it a union is not really accurate; you might compare it to a guild but I think there’s no implicaton of a monopoly on a particular trade either. The most accurate description I can think of is perhaps a cooperative combined with a mutual insurance fund.
- beatcracker 3y agoAgree, I might've stretched It a bit. Your descriptions is more accurate.
- Iwan-Zotow 3y agoYEp, somewhat resemblance to Teamsters
- datameta 3y agoFun fact - this was painted about 8 to 10 years after the abolition of serfdom in the Russian Empire. Coincidentally, it happened two years prior to the US Emancipation Proclamation. I've wondered from time to time how linked the two events were, if at all.
- Iwan-Zotow 3y agothey were not slaves, but something like Russian Teamsters