Nature of autocratic rule: autocracy
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- Created on: 12-11-18 17:01
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- Nature of autocratic rule: autocracy
- Autocracy
- Nicholas had total power.
- Tsar assisted by cabinet, Senate and Sate Council.
- These bodies were only advisory and now power independent of the Tsar.
- Tsar and the law
- Tsar's power not constrained by constitutional checks.
- Tsar's power not limited by the law.
- Russian people had no right to free speech or fair trial.
- Tsar's power not constrained by constitutional checks.
- Consequences of Autocracy
- Corruption
- Widespread, because government officials claimed to be representatives of the Tsar.
- Acted as if they had absolute power.
- Widespread, because government officials claimed to be representatives of the Tsar.
- Limited growth to civil society
- Outlawed trade unions and persecuted religious groups.
- Consequently,did not contribute to the growth of civil society.
- Outlawed trade unions and persecuted religious groups.
- Tsar's isolation
- Nicholas refused to recognise Russia's problems+ his advisers would not contradict him.
- Nicholas had little understanding of poverty in Russia and corruption within government.
- Nicholas refused to recognise Russia's problems+ his advisers would not contradict him.
- Corruption
- Autocracy
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