do get paid for tiktok
 |
the
broad scope of state authority and the dominance of a state religion
or ideology are often seen as key enduring aspects of traditional
russian political culture characteristics of both of the old
regimes梩he tsarist and the soviet. the tsarist government regarded
autocracy and orthodoxy as the chief pillars that ensured political
order and social stability in the empire. its concern in protecting
and maintaining these principles was seen in the great efforts it
made to promulgate the official doctrine of
揙rthodoxy桝utocracy桸ationality.?
|
the
doctrine抯 first component proclaimed the essential role that the
official orthodox church and its teachings occupied in russian life.
the second component proclaimed that russia needed an absolute
monarch as the central element in its political system (the word
autocracy refers to a regime that concentrates power in the hands of
an absolute ruler, or autocrat). the final component proclaimed the
special character and value of the russian people as an imperial
nation unifying various ethnic groups of a gigantic empire.
orthodoxy has left an indelible mark on russian spiritual, cultural,
and political traditions. both russia and the west represented
predominantly christian civilizations. however, christianity reached
them through different channels. rome was the west抯 main mediator
of christianity, whereas in russia抯 case it was the byzantine
empire that acted as its christian 揼odmother.?byzantium was the
eastern part of the roman empire, and it saw itself as its heir
after the collapse of the western part in 476. catholicism (the
western form of christianity) reflected the peculiarities of roman
civilization, whereas orthodoxy (the eastern form of christianity)
was imbued with the spirit of greek civilization that dominated
byzantium at the time of the implantation of christianity in russia.
central to orthodox christian beliefs was the concept of the joining
together of the earthly and the heavenly order. the authority of the
emperor was the power that linked these two worlds. when exercised
properly, the emperor抯 power was capable of resolving all
contradictions between the imperfect world of mortals and the ideal
celestial order. it was able to bring this world into harmony with
the next. for this reason, the authority of the 搕rue?tsar was seen
by the orthodox religion as a guarantee of salvation after death.
