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Tsarist autocracy[a] (Russian: царское самодержавие, romanized: tsarskoye samoderzhaviye), also called Tsarism, was an autocracy, a form of absolute monarchy localised with the Grand Duchy of Moscow and its successor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire.[b] In it, the Tsar possessed in principle authority and wealth, with more power than constitutional monarchs counterbalanced by legislative authority, as well as a more religious authority than Western monarchs. The institution originated during the time of Ivan III (1462−1505) and was abolished after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Tsaristautocracy[a] (Russian: царское самодержавие, romanized: tsarskoye samoderzhaviye), also called Tsarism, was an autocracy, a form of absolute monarchy...
definitions of autocracy exist. They may restrict autocracy to cases where power is held by a single individual, or they may define autocracy in a way that...
Western monarchs. The tsaristautocracy had many supporters within Russia. Major Russian advocates and theorists of the autocracy included writer Fyodor...
establishing a bureaucracy. This tradition of absolutism, known as Tsaristautocracy, was expanded by Catherine II the Great and her descendants. Although...
equivalent to "king". It lends its name to a system of government, tsaristautocracy or tsarism. Tsar and its variants were the official titles in the...
of the Enlightenment not only to achieve reforms but also to enhance autocracy, crush opposition, suppress criticism, advance colonial economic exploitation...
II could provoke a political or social revolution to overthrow the tsaristautocracy. Many historians consider the assassination a Pyrrhic victory, since...
foreign armies occupied the Kremlin in Moscow, prompting many to accept Tsaristautocracy as a necessary means to restoring order and unity in Russia. The Time...
less parliamentary. But the "unlimited autocracy" had given way to a "self-limited autocracy". Whether this autocracy was to be permanently limited by the...
and the abdication of Nicholas II and the imperial government. The tsaristautocracy was replaced by the social-democratic Russian Provisional Government...
classical liberal political philosophy of his father, and equally opposed Tsaristautocracy, communism, and fascism.: 24–36 Nabokov's father, Vladimir Dmitrievich...
However, he was not convinced it would solve Russia's problems with the Tsaristautocracy. On 20 October 1905 Witte was appointed as the first chairman of the...
as defending the established institutions of its time, such as the Tsaristautocracy and Soviet strong-man rule. Russian conservatism rejects the concept...
authorities, as well as with prevailing family structures and the Tsaristautocracy. Although most commonly associated with revolutionary activism, most...
Jogiches met a fellow 20-year old ethnic Jewish political émigré from Tsaristautocracy, Rosa Luxemburg. The pair fell in love and became both close political...
libertarianism, Christian democracy, the divine right of kings, or tsaristautocracy. Others believe that Christians should have little interest or participation...
it to a social, political and economical collapse which made the tsaristautocracy unsustainable and, succeeding the events of 1905, culminated in the...
oprichnina to the Great Purge. The resulting political systems of Tsaristautocracy and Soviet communism had no space for independent institutions.[citation...
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organized opposition Autocracy, a political theory which argues that one person should hold all power Tsaristautocracy, is a form of autocracy (later absolute...
1721) down to the end of the Russian Empire in 1917. Under the system tsaristautocracy, the Emperors/Empresses (at least theoretically) made all the main...
capable of leading a successful proletarian revolution against the Tsaristautocracy. The base of active and experienced members would be the recruiting...
1917, the first of two that year, which led to the abolition of the Tsaristautocracy in Russia and the overthrow of the Tsardom. Following the dissolution...
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régime that had outlawed almost all political activity. Although the Tsaristautocracy could not enforce a ban on political ideas, until 1905—when Tsar Nicholas...
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