This situation changed in the mid 18th century with Russia's transformation under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great from a backward feudal empire into an absolute monarchy.
但是到了十八世紀中葉，這種情況有了改變。俄國經過彼得大帝及凱瑟琳女皇的勵精圖治，從一個孱弱老舊的封建帝國邁向了「君主專制」之路。