They were called the boyars.
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Russian serfs wanted reform to improve their living conditions, gain more rights, and alleviate their burdensome obligations to the nobles. Russian nobles wanted reform to modernize the economy, increase their power and influence, and compete more effectively with Western European countries.
The tzar's were nobles up until 1917 that held the power in Russia.
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A boyar is a medieval Russian noble. Boyars were the highest ranking category of people besides the Tsar and his family. They were like the nobles in Medieval England.
A boyar is a medieval Russian noble. Boyars were the highest ranking category of people besides the Tsar and his family. They were like the nobles in Medieval England.
Grigori Rasputin, a Russian mystic and confidant of the Romanov family, was assassinated by a group of nobles in 1916. The assassination was carried out due to fears of Rasputin's influence over the royal family and his controversial actions during World War I.
Mongol rulers modeled absolute power for later Russian rulers. Ivan the Great started the autocrat style of ruling in Russia when he tried to limit the power of the boyars (great landowning nobles).
To deal with the nobility, Peter I reorganized the government, Nobles could only advance in the governement if they were loyal to Peter I. To make sure that the Russian Church did not control him, Peter I abolished the position of Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.
they were nobles