1) Tsardom of Russia
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Prikaz (прика́з, prikaz; Ru-приказ.ogg) was an administrative (palace, civil, military, or church), judicial, territorial, and executive offices earlier in Muscovy and Russia of 15th-18th centuries. The term is usually implies `ministry`, `office` or `department`. In modern Russian `prikaz` literally means an order. Most of Pr...
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(from the article `Russia`) ...unimpeded self-aggrandizement of these groups in the 17th century. The expansion of the bureaucratic apparatus can be measured in various ways. In ... ...This required that the central executive apparatus be extended and organized along functional lines. Peter hoped to accomplish this by replacing ... [...
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