Beautiful Liberty.
"SLOBODA" originated from Russian word "svoboda" (freedom in English) because people were freed from paying taxes and other duties, at least temporarily. Sometimes "slobodka" means "a little sloboda". Sloboda: has three main meanings:
a) From 11th-17th century: a settlement located on government-owned land or private land whose inhabitants had something in common [(engaged in commerce (torgovaia) sloboda, rifleman (streletskaia) sloboda, monks sloboda)] and who temporarily were relieved of paying taxes and other duty assessments in exchange for colonizing this piece of land.
b) A large "selo" (village) usually with more than one church and where large fairs were organized, a type of "nearby villages and hamlets center".
c) A village (selo) where inhabitants engaged in manufactural, industrial work and, sometimes, agricultural goods production only for their own consumption