This 5000 word booklet on Russian Autocracy is designed to help those tackling the topic at the GCSE level. Covering the Tsars, The 1905 Revolution and changes in Russian Politics, it helps the reader understand just how the Russian Empire moved towards a socialist system of government. It starts with a brief description of Alexander II and the policy of emancipation (pre 1880) and gradually winds its way to the repression of the revolution and the failing people's opinion of Tsar Nicholas II.