This caused the serfs to be oppressed and changed the political system because the kings of Eastern Europe were always dealing with internal revolts. None were better represented than the Cossack rebellion in Russia. The Russian tsars dealt with this with for many years. The kings also, like in Western Europe, had complete control of war. This allowed the Russian to end the Cossack rebellion and also wage war in The Great Northern War against the Swedes. This allowed the building of St. Petersburg. Without absolute power Peter the Great would have never been able to force his court to move to the swampy new city. This absolute power that Peter had was begun by his predecessor Ivan the Terrible. He implemented a system where the nobility was changed in to service nobility. This allowed him to lower the amount of nobility that was in Russia. These structures allowed for Peter to turn Russia in to and absolutist
This caused the serfs to be oppressed and changed the political system because the kings of Eastern Europe were always dealing with internal revolts. None were better represented than the Cossack rebellion in Russia. The Russian tsars dealt with this with for many years. The kings also, like in Western Europe, had complete control of war. This allowed the Russian to end the Cossack rebellion and also wage war in The Great Northern War against the Swedes. This allowed the building of St. Petersburg. Without absolute power Peter the Great would have never been able to force his court to move to the swampy new city. This absolute power that Peter had was begun by his predecessor Ivan the Terrible. He implemented a system where the nobility was changed in to service nobility. This allowed him to lower the amount of nobility that was in Russia. These structures allowed for Peter to turn Russia in to and absolutist