Question

the father of modern russia taxed wearers of these in 1705 only orthodox clergy were exempt from paying the tax to keep their what

Answer 1

The father of modern Russia taxed wearers of these in the year 1706 in which the only orthodox clergy was exempted from having this to be taxed, and the one that is being taxed to other people is the beard. It is because the father of modern Russia wanted to imitate the European men by not having to wear beards in a way of having to modernized Russia, so he imposed a taxed to those men who wore their beards.