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  2. Tsarist autocracy - Wikipedia

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    Tsarist autocracy (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.

  3. Tsarist bureaucracy - Wikipedia

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    In the 19th century, the forces of change brought on by the Industrial Revolution propelled many countries, especially in Europe, to significant social changes. However, due to the conservative nature of the Tsarist regime and its desire to maintain power and control, social change in Russia lagged behind that of Europe.

  4. Tsardom of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The tsar's court also felt the impact of Little Russia and the West. Kiev was a major transmitter of new ideas and insight through the famed scholarly academy that Metropolitan Mohyla founded there in 1631. Other more direct channels to the West opened as international trade increased and more foreigners came to Russia.

  5. Foreign policy of the Russian Empire - Wikipedia

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    Territories conquered by the Russian Empire in the wars against Sweden, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Ottoman Empire and Persia. Geographical expansion by warfare and treaty was the central strategy of Russian foreign policy from the small Muscovite state of the 16th century to World War I in 1914. [2]

  6. Russian imperialism - Wikipedia

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    Russian imperialism is the political, economic and cultural influence, as well as military power, exerted by Russia and its predecessor states, over other countries and territories.

  7. Tsarist Russia - Wikipedia

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  8. History of Russia (1855–1894) - Wikipedia

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    In 1864 most local government in the European part of Russia was organized into provincial and district elected self-government , which were made up of representatives of all classes and were responsible for local schools, public health, roads, prisons, food supply, and other concerns.

  9. List of Russian monarchs - Wikipedia

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    The Time of Troubles came to a close with the election of Michael Romanov as tsar in 1613. [95] Michael officially reigned as tsar, though his father, the patriarch Philaret (died 1633) initially held de facto power. However, Michael's descendants would rule Russia, first as tsars and later as emperors, until the Russian Revolution of 1917.