Tsarist Police State

What was the tsarist police state?

The tsarist police state was how the tsars, like Nicholas II, ruled Russia. They used the police, the law, the courts, and censorship to control the people.

What was the role of censorship in the tsarist police state?

The tsarist government banned radical ideas from being printed. All books and newspapers were censored.

What was the Okhrana's role in the tsarist police state?

The Okhrana were the state secret police. They spied on people suspected of being revolutionaries or opposed to the regime.

How were people who opposed the tsar punished in the tsarist police state?

People who were accused of opposing the tsarist regime were put in prison, exiled to Siberia, or executed.