Pillars of Tsardom

• Okhrana

  • Spied on the people
  • Reported anyone who went against the Tsar
• Bureaucracy

  • Consisted of thousands of civil servants
  • Helped run the country
• Army

  • Suppressed any riots
  • Poorly trained
  • Badly equipped
• Autocracy

  • Tsar had complete power over the country
• Russian Orthodox Church

  • Told people the Tsar was appointed by God
  • Going against the Tsar meant going against God
  • Russification
  • Attempted to unite the people as one under the church;
  • Persecuted people of different faith - ie. Jews