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Chapter 9

           Therewereveryfewresidentlandlordsintheneighborhoodandalsoveryfewdomesticorliterateserfs,andinthelivesofthepeasantryofthosepartsthemysteriousundercurrentsinthelifeoftheRussianpeople,thecausesandmeaningofwhicharesobafflingtocontemporaries,weremoreclearlyandstronglynoticeablethanamongothers.Oneinstance,whichhadoccurredsometwentyyearsbefore,wasamovementamongthepeasantstoemigratetosomeunknown“warmrivers.”Hundredsofpeasants,amongthemtheBoguchárovofolk,suddenlybegansellingtheircattleandmovinginwholefamiliestowardthesoutheast.Asbirdsmigratetosomewherebeyondthesea,sothesemenwiththeirwivesandchildrenstreamedtothesoutheast,topartswherenoneofthemhadeverbeen.Theysetoffincaravans,boughttheirfreedomonebyoneorranaway,anddroveorwalkedtowardthe“warmrivers.”Manyofthemwerepunished,somesenttoSiberia,manydiedofcoldandhungerontheroad,manyreturnedoftheirownaccord,andthemovementdieddownofitselfjustasithadsprungup,withoutapparentreason.Butsuchundercurrentsstillexistedamongthepeopleandgatherednewforcesreadytomanifestthemselvesjustasstrangely,unexpectedly,andatthesametimesimply,naturally,andforcibly.Nowin1812,toanyonelivinginclosetouchwiththesepeopleitwasapparentthattheseundercurrentswereactingstronglyandnearinganeruption.

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