The expression "... All-Russian, Moscow, Kiev autocrat ..." is familiar to many and is strongly associated with the lessons of history. Indeed, it was from these words that the title of Russian emperors began.
The autocrat is translated from Greek"autocrat" (αύτοκράτωρ) and in its essence means endowed with unlimited power by the ruler of the country. Such a head of state is at the same time legislative, executive and judicial branches of government and is not limited in actions and decisions by either the parliament or the ministers.
The word "autocrat" turned into a royal titlein the time of Ivan III the Dark One, namely in 1493, when the last strings were torn, subordinating Moscow Russia to the power of the Mongols-Tatars. Gradually, the kingdom grew, and the titles of the annexed lands were added to the title - White, Novgorod, Kiev and others.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the title of emperor of Russia heldhalf of the modern sheet, and it took 3 minutes to pronounce it. In spite of the fact that after the events of 1905 a parliament appeared in the country, the last Tsar Nicholas II Romanov continued to be called the “Emperor autocrat All-Russian ...”.
From the point of view of the language sciences, the autocrat is a masculine noun, animate, common noun. It has 2 roots like words like sixth grader, linguist, Old Russian and others.
When parsing words, the following parts are formed:
| root | myself (from the word independent) |
| interfix - connecting vowel | about |
| root | hold (from the word power - country) |
| suffix | pepper |
Thus, the analysis of the components allows to determine that the word “autocrat” is a title with the meaning “independent sovereign of the country”.
Nowadays the word is outdated and meet it.possible only in history books. However, the royal power in the world has been preserved and extended both in the countries of Europe and in the less civilized states of the East and Africa. The rulers in them are called differently - the king, sultan or king. In the literature (especially in the media), other words are used, which, in fact, are synonymous with the word "autocrat". This is a monarch, a ruler, a head of state, a caper, single-handed, porphyronist, sovereign, bearer of sovereign power, sovereign.
These words are used, as a rule, fordesignation of a person's place in the hierarchy. But often such designations as "despot" and "tyrant" are used. Thus, a negative attitude is expressed not towards a specific person, but towards the very idea of hereditary power.
