The Russian Nobility, and the Differences Between Them and Them

When i was learning russian history, and in for there was modern russia, when there was still only the soviet union, they used to talk aboutah, i wish i could remember this properly. The differences between russian count this or baron this, and and the western versions of count this orbaron this. Yes, it all depended on the fact that you could be unmade in a second if you ran foul of the tsar's central authority. A lot of western kings dreamed of that. I mean, the french kings worked for centuries to accomplish something like that, but it was really the revolution that did a better job of it. But the other the