6 sentences with 'tsarist'
Example sentences and phrases with the word tsarist and other words derived from it.
• « Thus, the tsarist state instituted serfdom in 1649 on a widespread basis, formalising what was already a widespread institution. This made peasants legally little better than slaves, forced to work the land and serve the state in war when conscripted. »
• « A momentous event occurred late in Nicholas I's reign, unrelated to tsarist autocracy per se: the destruction of the congress system created at the Congress of Vienna, thanks to the Crimean War. »
• « The Narodniks believed that the Russian serfs would form the nucleus of a revolutionary class that would rise up and dismantle the tsarist autocracy if they were properly educated. Instead, the serfs were deeply suspicious of the urbane and educated Narodniks, and in many cases the serfs handed the Narodniks over to the local authorities. »
• « While the People's Will expected the assassination of Alexander II to result in a spontaneous peasant uprising against tsarist despotism, nothing of the sort happened. Instead, another reactionary tsar, Alexander III, ascended the throne and ruthlessly persecuted the terrorist groups. »
• « As noted above, the revolution in Russia led to the collapse of the tsarist state and, after a bloody civil war, to the emergence of the world's first communist nation: the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. »
• « The aftermath of this (semi-)revolution saw the Tsar still in power and several newly formed political parties elected to the Duma (Russian representative assembly). However, it soon became clear that the Duma was not to serve as a counterweight to tsarist power. The Tsar retained control over foreign policy and military affairs. »