What is common in strengthening the central government during the times of Ivan the Terrible and Peter I?
| June 18, 2021 | education
1. Centralization of all branches of government.
2. Expansion of the territory of the state at the expense of the conquered lands.
3. Raising taxes and taxes in order to replenish the state treasury.
4. Strengthening serfdom.
5. Cruelty and despotism. Ivan the Terrible created the oprichnina, and Peter the Great created the Secret Chancellery and the Preobrazhensky Prikaz. The activities of these punitive bodies instilled fear in Russian society. Mass executions and torture have become commonplace.
6. Subordination of the Church to the state, turning it into a part of the state structure.
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