Russian Orthodox monarchy

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The Russian Orthodox monarchy was a form of autocratic rule in Russia in which the tsar’s political authority was closely intertwined with and legitimized by the doctrines, rituals, and hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Label Occurrences
Russian Orthodox monarchy canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monarchy ⓘ
autocracy ⓘ
confessional state ⓘ
form of government ⓘ
state–church system ⓘ
associatedConcept Holy Rus' ⓘ
Moscow as the Third Rome ⓘ
Third Rome doctrine ⓘ
characteristic autocratic rule of the tsar ⓘ
fusion of political and religious authority ⓘ
privileged status of Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
restrictions on non-Orthodox religions in public life ⓘ
coreReligion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
culturalImpact influenced Russian religious art and architecture ⓘ
shaped Russian national identity ⓘ
endCause Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
geographicScope Russian Empire ⓘ
headOfChurchTitle Holy Synod (in imperial period) ⓘ
linked to: Holy Synod

patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' ⓘ
ideology Orthodox autocracy ⓘ
monarchism ⓘ
tsarism ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Byzantine political theology ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine theology

Eastern Orthodox canon law ⓘ
legalFoundation Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire ⓘ
legalPrinciple Orthodoxy as state religion ⓘ
tsar as defender of the faith ⓘ
legitimizedBy Orthodox Christian doctrine ⓘ
Orthodox religious ritual ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church hierarchy ⓘ
legitimizingRitual Orthodox coronation of the tsar ⓘ
anointing of the tsar ⓘ
oath to defend Orthodoxy ⓘ
notableRuler Ivan IV the Terrible ⓘ
Nicholas II of Russia ⓘ
Peter I the Great ⓘ
linked to: Peter the Great
opposedBy Russian socialists ⓘ
liberal constitutionalists in Russia ⓘ
revolutionary movements in Russia ⓘ
politicalLeaderTitle emperor of Russia ⓘ
tsar ⓘ
stateChurchRelation caesaropapism ⓘ
symphonia (Byzantine church–state ideal) ⓘ
successorSystem Soviet atheist state ⓘ
supportedBy Russian Orthodox clergy ⓘ
monarchist nobility ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century to early 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

double throne of Peter I and Ivan V → associatedWith → Russian Orthodox monarchy ⓘ