czarist regime
Romanov dynasty's government
A czarist regime is a government ruled by a czar, specifically referring to the autocratic monarchy that governed Russia until the 1917 revolution.
The term often carries connotations of absolute power, rigid hierarchy, and resistance to reform: The protesters compared the new government to a czarist regime.
Used figuratively for any authoritarian system with concentrated, unchecked power.
- autocracyRule by one
- Romanov dynastyRussia's final imperial house
- imperial familySovereign's kin group
- Winter PalaceRussian imperial residence
- Fabergé eggsJeweled decorative ova
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czarist regimedemocracy
Rule by the people
republic · liberal democracy · republican government · constitutional government · parliamentary system
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