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Luke
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April 17 2009, 06:23 AM
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Chamberlain of the Royal Forks, Knives and Plates
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The Oprichnina Prikaz is tasked with management of the oprichnina, which is one of the primary systems of land distribution in the Tsardom. Organized in 1565, the oprichnina is a system of lands containing the best quality properties in the realm, and is administered like monastic properties in that they are tax exempt and operate under monastic organization (with the Tsar himself as its abbot). The administrators are known as oprichniks and their purpose primarily is to use extreme violence against supposed boyar conspirators against the Tsar's rule in Russia. The oprichnina is massively unpopular in the realm and many blame it for the failure of the Russian economy in the face of the Tatar sack of Moscow in 1571.
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