Centre and regions in Russia under the old regime: dialectic of the development of the relationship  Cover Image

Центр и регионы в России при «старом режиме»: диалектика развития взаимоотношений
Centre and regions in Russia under the old regime: dialectic of the development of the relationship

Author(s): A. Yu. Dvornichenko
Subject(s): History
Published by: Издательство Исторического факультета СПбГУ
Keywords: autocratic-serfdom system; bureaucracy; the Russian state system; centralization; autocracy

Summary/Abstract: The article studies the history of the Russian autocratic-serfdom system in the 16th-beginning of the 20th centuries. The article analyzes the main features, problems, paradoxes and reasons for collapse of this regime. According to the author, the relations between the centre and periphery led to the formation of the autocratic-serfdom system aimed to unite the country. However there were these troubles in relations between central power and local government that continued to resist solution, which caused the collapse of the autocracy.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 8-61
  • Page Count: 54
  • Language: Russian