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Was the Early Romanov Tsar an Absolute Monarch? - Reconstructing the Russian State After the Time of Troubles | Sleepy Facts About History
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In 1613, a terrified teenage boy named Mikhail Romanov was elected tsar of a shattered state. Russia had been devastated by fifteen years of civil war, famine, and foreign occupation during the Time of Troubles. The new ruler inherited an empty treasury, a degraded army, and a collapsed tax system. This episode examines how the early Romanov dynasty slowly rebuilt Russian governance not through absolute decree, but through unglamorous paperwork, tax registers, and continuous negotiation…
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