... by autocracy and Stalin ruled using an authoritative regime. Therefore whilst the communists gained central control and grew stronger over time, the Tsars lost more central control over Russia and increasing difficulties arose, their central control was passed to other bodies' and therefore although both systems were reliant on central control, the Tsarist regime could not maintain it, whilst Stalin built the USSR on the basis of centralisation. The central structure within the two regimes is possibly one of the main similarities between them. The structure of Government throughout both regimes was not fixed; the style of rule varied and was dependant within the tsarist system on the particular Tsar in power. Tsarist rule was autocratic, and the tsar was given divine status over his subjects, legally he was all powerful, as he had been appointed as God's representative. The Tsar was supported by a network of elites who gained ...

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