A form of government in which the supreme power belongs to one person, the monarch.

This form of government will be called a monarchy. The monarchical form of government mainly began to emerge during the Middle Ages, when the rulers of European states were kings or princes. For example, in Russia there was a form of early feudal monarchy. True, this phenomenon became the reason that very soon Russia drowned in feudal civil strife, which led the state to decline and ruin.