czarist
Like pre-Soviet Russia
Czarist describes things relating to the czars, the emperors who ruled Russia until the 1917 revolution: czarist Russia, the czarist regime.
The term often carries connotations of autocratic or oppressive rule.
Also spelled tsarist.
Male ruler of empire
- sovereignSupreme in power
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- reignSovereign's time in power
imperial · palace · regalia · coronation · scepter · crown · court · aristocracy
Absolute one-person rule
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- autocracyRule by one
oppression · subjugation · secret police · censorship · exile · suppression · repression · iron fist
Russian absolute monarch
- tsarinaRussian emperor's wife
- RomanovImperial Russian ruling family
- boyarSub-princely Russian noble
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
kremlin · orthodoxy · pogrom · steppe · troika · samovar · balalaika · tundra
Lenin's revolutionary party
- MensheviksRussian moderate socialist faction
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
communism · Leninism · agitators · strikes · insurrection · abdication · collapse · downfall
Last imperial Russian ruler
- Catherine the GreatRussian empress, enlightenment era
- Peter the GreatRussian emperor, early 1700s
- Ivan the TerribleRussia's first tsar
- RasputinSiberian mystic, imperial influence
Decembrists · emancipation · Russo-Japanese War · Crimean War · Bloody Sunday · Trans-Siberian · Anastasia · provisional government
emperor
Male ruler of empire
reign · imperial · palace · regalia · coronation · scepter · crown · court · aristocracy · nobility
despotism
Absolute one-person rule
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
autocracy · oppression · subjugation · secret police · censorship · exile · suppression · repression · iron fist · decree
tsar
Russian absolute monarch
serfdom · kremlin · orthodoxy · pogrom · steppe · troika · samovar · balalaika · tundra · ukase
Bolsheviks
Lenin's revolutionary party
- MensheviksRussian moderate socialist faction
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
proletariat · communism · Leninism · agitators · strikes · insurrection · abdication · collapse · downfall · exiles
Nicholas II
Last imperial Russian ruler
- Catherine the GreatRussian empress, enlightenment era
- Peter the GreatRussian emperor, early 1700s
- Ivan the TerribleRussia's first tsar
Rasputin · Decembrists · emancipation · Russo-Japanese War · Crimean War · Bloody Sunday · Trans-Siberian · Anastasia · provisional government
lavish
Abundant beyond necessity
palatial · chandeliers · ballrooms · carriages · furs · jewels · banquets · estates · servants · grandeur
- Royalistsmonarchists, monarchist, royalists, royalist, loyalists
- Russian architectureonion domes, Kremlin, Saint Basil, golden domes, Red Square
- Soviet EraUSSR, Soviet Union, Soviet rule, CCCP, Eastern Bloc
czaristdemocratic
Government by the people
republican · constitutional · parliamentary · egalitarian · representative
czaristBolshevik
Soviet communist party member
Soviet · communist · Leninist · Stalinist · revolutionary
czaristlimited
Restricted in extent
constitutional · restrained · circumscribed · restricted · accountable
- czarist regimeRussian imperial government
- czarist ruleRussian imperial autocracy