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In 1882, Alexander Romanov, Tsar of the Russias, was 48 hours away from implementing a constitution limiting his powers, and an elected legislature. Before this happened, however, he was assassinated by anarchists. His heir was a hardline reactionary, and Russian politics was so radicalized that the Bolsheviks gained an opening. If Alexander had lived, could a true parliamentary democracy have been implemented without bloodshed?
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