How the Tsar's Autocracy Worked

Powers the Tsar had/appeared to Have

• For 4 centuries the central state power in Russia was the Tsar
• Tsardom was based on Orthodoxy, autocracy and nationality

Orthodoxy

• The faith in God, the divine will of the Tsar and the Russian Orthodox Church
• Led to ruthless suppression of rival catholic and uniate Churches e.g. Poland
• Church was the defender of the Tsar

Autocracy

• Ruling class…