State power can take many different forms. It depends on a number of factors: historical, economic, social. Perhaps it is impossible to find a country in which power would never change. After all, the state apparatus, perforce, must respond to all changes taking place in society. What, for example, was the nature of power in Russia in different eras?
Power in Russia from the era of Ancient Rus to the 16th century
From ancient times until the moment when a unified powerful state of Kievan Rus arose, the supreme power "on the ground" was in the hands of rulers - princes. Initially, the prince was chosen by the squad from among the most experienced and honored warriors, then his power became hereditary. Father on the princely throne was replaced by the eldest son or the closest male relative.
Gradually, the rulers of Kiev became the most powerful and influential princes, who subjugated the other princes, forced them to recognize their power. The Kiev prince began to be called "great." But his power was not absolute, since under Yaroslav the Wise (the first half of the 11th century) a code of laws "Russian Truth" was developed. According to this document, the prince was obliged to act not according to his will and arbitrariness, but according to the law.
After the death of Yaroslav the Wise, civil strife soon began, and Russia fell into separate parts. This led to the fact that the Russian principalities could not repulse the Mongol-Tatar invasion in the first half of the 13th century and fell into the power of the Golden Horde for more than two centuries.
After the strengthening of the Moscow principality, and especially the battle on the Kulikovo field in 1380, Moscow became the center of Russian lands. Its rulers adopted the title of "Grand Duke", finally got rid of the power of the Golden Horde in 1480. And in 1547, Grand Duke Ivan IV, the future Ivan the Terrible, adopted the title of Tsar. Since then, power in Russia has taken on the form of an absolute monarchy.
