Government1-RussianEmpire


 * __GOVERNMENT__ >** **__Russian Empire [1400s-1917]__**
 * capital was St. Petersburg
 * czars ruled the country
 * in the late 1800s Russia's economy went down
 * the empire grew more
 * Slavic territory
 * Czars and people like Ivan the Terrible ruled the country
 * Ivan the Terrible / Ivan the Awesome had a secret police and if you said anything bad about him to one of the police you would be sent to Siberia or basically killed
 * czars and nobles had rich lives and ruled
 * ruled by czars
 * czar Alexander II freed the serfs
 * czars gradually conquered surrounding territories