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The October Manifesto was a document issued by Tsar Nicholas II at the height of the 1905 Revolution, promising political reforms and relaxations. It was issued following ten months of popular unrest, strikes, violence and political debate about the future of Russia.
The Tsardom of Russia, [a] also known as the Tsardom of Muscovy, [b] was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter the Great in 1721.
In Imperial Russia, a ukase (/ juːˈkeɪz, - ˈkeɪs / [1][2]) or ukaz (Russian: указ [ʊˈkas]) was a proclamation of the tsar, government, [3] or a religious leadership (e.g., Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' or the Most Holy Synod) that had the force of law.
23 paź 2024 · October Manifesto, (Oct. 30 [Oct. 17, Old Style], 1905), in Russian history, document issued by the emperor Nicholas II that in effect marked the end of unlimited autocracy in Russia and ushered in an era of constitutional monarchy.
Emancipation Manifesto, (March 3 [Feb. 19, Old Style], 1861), manifesto issued by the Russian emperor Alexander II that accompanied 17 legislative acts that freed the serfs of the Russian Empire. (The acts were collectively called Statutes Concerning Peasants Leaving Serf Dependence, or Polozheniya.
Tsarist government was essentially government by decree: the tsar issued declarations or proclamations and his ministers, governors and bureaucrats implemented them. Russia had several high-level political bodies or councils, such as the Senate (Russia’s highest court), the Holy Synod (the governing council of the Russian Orthodox Church) and ...
Tsar Peter the Great picks up the young King Louis XV (1717), painted around 1838. In January 1716, Tsar Peter traveled in the Baltic region to discuss peace negotiations and how to protect the sea trade route from the Swedes. He visited Riga, Königsberg and Danzig.
