👉 Tzarism, also known as the "Tsarist Empire," was a system of government in Russia that operated from 1861 to 1917. It was a form of autocracy, where the Tsar ruled over an empire with absolute power and unlimited resources. The term "tzar" is derived from the Russian word "tsar," which means "king." The term "tzarism" refers to this type of government system because it emphasized the monarch