tsarists
Autocracy's devoted adherents
Tsarists are supporters of rule by a tsar—the emperor of Russia before the 1917 revolution.
The term typically refers to those who backed the Russian monarchy against revolutionary movements, or more broadly to advocates of autocratic government: The tsarists were eventually overwhelmed by Bolshevik forces.
Also spelled czarists.
Lenin's revolutionary party
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
- Peter the GreatRussian emperor, early 1700s
- Catherine the GreatRussian empress, enlightenment era
Ivan the Terrible · Nicholas II · Kremlin · Duma · Decembrists · Moscow · St. Petersburg · Crimean War
Absolute one-person rule
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
repression · centralization · Russification · censorship · secret police · Okhrana · Siberian exile · pogroms
Preference for existing institutions
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- restorationReturning something to condition
- counter-revolutionaryOpposes radical political upheaval
- White ArmyAnti-communist Russian forces
émigré · nostalgia · ancien régime · anti-Bolshevik · loyalist · orthodoxy · status quo · old guard
Bolsheviks
Lenin's revolutionary party
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
- Peter the GreatRussian emperor, early 1700s
Catherine the Great · Ivan the Terrible · Nicholas II · Kremlin · Duma · Decembrists · Moscow · St. Petersburg · Crimean War · Russification
despotism
Absolute one-person rule
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
oppression · repression · centralization · Russification · censorship · secret police · Okhrana · Siberian exile · pogroms · subjugation
conservatism
Preference for existing institutions
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- restorationReturning something to condition
- counter-revolutionaryOpposes radical political upheaval
White Army · émigré · nostalgia · ancien régime · anti-Bolshevik · loyalist · orthodoxy · status quo · old guard · restorationist
royalist
Advocate for hereditary sovereignty
throne · reign · emperor · empress · succession · heir · coronation · regalia · scepter · lineage
empire
Domain under unified control
conquest · colonies · dominion · sovereignty · court · palace · nobility · aristocracy · courtier · gentry
tsaristsBolsheviks
Lenin's revolutionary party
communists · revolutionaries · Leninists · Marxists · Mensheviks
tsaristsReds
Cold War political suspects
Bolsheviks · Red Army · revolutionaries · Cheka · commissars
- tsarist RussiaMonarchy before the Bolsheviks