Russian Society And Government Vocab

Question 0

Autocracy

Answer 0

a type of government when all power is given to one person - all power is concentrated in the hands of one person

Question 1

Okhrana

Answer 1

Tsar’s secret police

Question 2

Tsar

Answer 2

Monarch and absolute ruler of Russia

Question 3

Tsarina

Answer 3

The wife of the Tsar

Question 4

Divine right

Answer 4

The belief that God has invested power in the monarch’s right to rule

Question 5

Russification

Answer 5

A policy of making non-Russians in the Russian empire speak Russian, wear Russian clothes and follow Russian customs

Question 6

Orthodox church

Answer 6

70% of the population belonged to this church, which was supported by the tsar and supported his divine right to rule.

Question 7

Tundra

Answer 7

Landscape with a cold climate and short growing season

Question 8

Council of ministers

Answer 8

Tsar’s civil servants, who ran the government departments but did not make important decisions

Question 9

Bribery

Answer 9

Payments made in return for favours.