about an economic system with minimal regulations and tariffs, thus a more "laissez-faire" economy. Soon after the reforms there was a substantial rise in the amount of production of grain for sale. Because of this there was also a rise in the number of hired laborers and in farm machinery. Furthermore, a significant measuring stick in the growth of the Russian economy post-reform was the huge growth in non-gentry private landownership. Although the gentry land-holdings fell from 80% to 50%, the peasant holdings grew from 5% all the way to 20%. See also Serfdom in Russia Government reforms of Alexander II of Russia Reform movement#Russia 1860s Stolypin reform Judicial reform of Alexander II Bezdna Unrest Slave Trade Acts Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The economy of the Russian Empire after the abolition of serfdom Lord and Peasant in Russia from the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century References Further reading External links Emancipation Manifesto, in Russian 1861 in the Russian Empire 1861 in law Politics of the Russian Empire Law in the Russian Empire Serfdom Reform in Russia 1861 disestablishments in the Russian Empire 19th century in the Russian Empire March 1861 events Alexander II of Russia Emancipation