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- Created on: 26-03-18 10:50
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- The Nature of autocratic rule: the Tsarist principles of autocracy, nationality and orthodoxy
- The Tsar and the Law
- Power not constrained by any constitutional checks
- Not limited by Law
- Russian subjects
- No freedom of speech
- No fair trial
- Power not constrained by any constitutional checks
- Autocracy
- Nicholas II had total power
- Assisted by senate and state council
- Just advisory; no power of the Tsar
- Nationalism and Russification
- Nicholas II used russification to control the empire
- Russification meant that the aggressive promotion of Russian culture
- also suppresed other natonal cultures
- was a response to the development of nationalist feeling in parts of the empire
- consequence of Russification
- It was counter-productive
- Backlash amongst groups who were loyal to the TSar
- nationalism led to anti-polish, anti-finnish and anti-Semitic feeling
- led to violence against minorities
- Nicholas II used russification to control the empire
- The consequences of autocracy
- Limited civil society
- Tsar's autocracy limited the growth of civil society
- Outlawed some groups such as trade unions
- persecuted religious groups which could have played a role in generating civil society
- Corruption
- government officials claimed to be representitive of the Tsar
- acted as if they had absolute power
- government officials claimed to be representitive of the Tsar
- The Tsar's isolation
- Tsar refused to recognise Russia's problems
- Had little understanding of the poverty in Russia
- Tsar refused to recognise Russia's problems
- Limited civil society
- The Tsar and the Law
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