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Land and economic injustice
Nekhludoff tries to give land to peasants — Tolstoy tests whether aristocratic repentance can touch structural inequality.
After trial failure, Nekhludoff returns to estates, attempts to deed land to peasants, meets misunderstanding, bureaucratic forms, own lingering pride. Tolstoy embeds economic justice in resurrection plot — personal sin tied to serfdom’s legacy though emancipation passed.
Scenes with peasants refusing schemes teach Nekhludoff humility. Land theme prepares Siberia march where class visible in chain gangs. Link to Kryltzoff’s revolutionary nobility and bureaucrats like Toporov blocking mercy.