autocracy

Question 1

What is autocracy

Answer 1

system of government in which absolute power over a state is concentrated in the hands of one person

Question 2

features of tsarism/autocracy under Nicholas II

Answer 2

1. Rule by a supreme leader who makes major decisions and has the
   power of life and death over his subjects
2. Supported by an elite (the nobility) in return for land and favours
3. There was a huge bureaucracy, slow, unwieldy and impenetrable
   with corruption at lower levels
4. There was a well-developed system of ranks and privileges