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The first tsar to address seriously the problems of serfdom and
autocracy |
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Plans for a complete transformation of the Russian social and
political system |
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Michael Speransky (1772—1839) prepared a program of government
reforms |
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Chief defects of the Russian political system: the complete neglect
of the principle of separation of powers and the unlimited
prerogatives of the supreme autocrat |
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Urgent need to lay down firm fundamental laws and establish
institutions that would set limits to autocratic government |
