tsarist
Like old Russia
Tsarist describes things relating to the rule of the tsars, the emperors who governed Russia until the 1917 revolution: tsarist Russia, tsarist policies.
The word often carries connotations of autocratic or repressive governance.
Sometimes spelled czarist. (Capitalized Tsarist appears at sentence beginnings but has the same meaning.)
Imperial Russian ruling family
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
- boyarSub-princely Russian noble
- DumaMoscow's legislative chamber
- Peter the GreatRussian emperor, early 1700s
Catherine the Great · Ivan the Terrible · Decembrists · Cossacks · pogrom · Westernization · Siberia · Russification
Domain under unified control
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- sovereignSupreme in power
- reignSovereign's time in power
court · nobility · aristocracy · succession · lineage · coronation · regalia · scepter
Luxury Russian goldsmith house
- gildedOverlaid with gold leaf
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
ornate · brocade · extravagant · jeweled · gold · marble · chandeliers · ballroom
Absolute one-person rule
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
centralization · subjugation · oppression · decree · edict · ukase · secret police · exile
Feudal bound labor
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- landed gentryLandowning class living on rents
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- peasantryRural working class
estate · manorial · boyar · vassalage · hierarchy · class · privilege · emancipation
Romanov
Imperial Russian ruling family
Peter the Great · Catherine the Great · Ivan the Terrible · Decembrists · Cossacks · pogrom · Westernization · Siberia · Russification · Okhrana
empire
Domain under unified control
reign · court · nobility · aristocracy · succession · lineage · coronation · regalia · scepter · crown
Fabergé
Luxury Russian goldsmith house
lavish · ornate · brocade · extravagant · jeweled · gold · marble · chandeliers · ballroom · finery
despotism
Absolute one-person rule
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
censorship · centralization · subjugation · oppression · decree · edict · ukase · secret police · exile · divine right
serfdom
Feudal bound labor
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- landed gentryLandowning class living on rents
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
peasantry · estate · manorial · boyar · vassalage · hierarchy · class · privilege · emancipation · bondage
- Royalistsmonarchists, monarchist, royalists, royalist, loyalists
tsaristBolshevik
Soviet communist party member
Soviet · revolutionary · communist · Leninist · anti-monarchist
tsaristrevolutionary
Seeking fundamental systemic change
insurrectionist · radical · subversive · dissident · reformist
tsaristdemocratic
Government by the people
republican · parliamentarian · egalitarian · constitutional · liberal
- tsarist RussiaMonarchy before the Bolsheviks