You have this bureaucracy that's--it's not really a bureaucracy, but you've got these royal officials representing the royal will, but the actual impact in this vast expanse of the Russian empire isn't that great.

拥有庞大的官僚机构,并非是真正的官僚,但这些皇亲贵戚的确代表了王室的意愿,而实际上,它对幅员辽阔的俄国产生的影响绝非那般重大

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