Geography question: Russia - -?

Question

I have to write an essay about this question:
Why is the present elected leader of Russia trying to be a long life leader then ending at the end of his term?
... and how does this reflect the history of Russia?

[[I know nothing about this subject. If you have any comments, that would be great. Or, any websites would also be fabulous. Thank you.]]

Answer 1

Russia has almost always had one person in charge and that person for life. You can look back to Ivan IV (the "Terrible") in the 1500s or start with the Romanov czars in the 1600s ending with the fall of Czar Nicholas II in 1917 (followed by his murder and the murder of his wife and five children). But even after the communist revolution in 1917, Lenin became the one man ruler for life followed by Joseph Stalin and then Kruschev plus other single man rulers until the USSR broke up in 1991 and leaders became elected officials for limited terms. I think you can see that 500 years or more of one man for life rule for a country can accustom people to that form of government considering that they have only known temporary leaders for less than one generation.