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Kholop
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<p>A <i>kholop</i> was a type of <a href="/facts/Feudal/WCK7l9gA">feudal</a> <a href="/facts/Serf/HyajBMeR">serf</a> (dependent population) in <a href="/facts/Kievan_Rus%2527/oYbNWrwR">Kievan Rus'</a> in the 9th and early 12th centuries. Their legal status in Russia was essentially the same as <a href="/facts/Slavery/IXX2S92u">slaves</a>.(p 576) They were sold as any other property of their master until the <a href="/facts/Emancipation_reform_of_1861/DWRtVJWW">emancipation reform of 1861</a>. The term <i>kholop</i> was excluded from official use in 1724, but it remains in vernacular use as a type of insult. </p>