Czarist Definition & Meaning

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historically, during times of national crisis, people have looked to czarism as an answer to their fears

Recent Examples on the Web Lenin, Stalin and their epigones, despite their ideological rejection of czarism, acted as de facto Great Russian imperialists in assembling the Soviet Union and maintaining it by brute force. — George Weigel, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022 The difference between czarism and Leninism is the one between absolutism and totalitarianism. — Josef Joffe, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017 With the collapse of czarism, this commitment to gradual reform and the development of parliamentary institutions seemed outdated. — Carolyn Harris, Smithsonian, 13 Apr. 2017

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