Explain briefly the salient features of the Russian Emancipation Act.

The southern region : This was the black soil region, however, with largely unfavourable climatic conditions viz., greater extremes of summer and winter temperatures, lower rainfalls and winter precipitation. It was also characterised by low crop yields and extensive arable cultivation. Here the principal method of cultivation consisted in ploughing and sowing of the fields for as long a period as it was possible to obtain even a small yield. When further utilisation was rendered physically impossible due to complete exhaustion of the land, cultivation was shifted to fresh lands and the used ones were left for grazing.

Explain briefly the salient features of the Russian Emancipation Act.