The Union of Liberation (Russian: Союз Освобождения, English transliteration: Soyuz Osvobozhdeniya) was a liberal

Liberalism

Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...

 political group founded in St. Petersburg, Russia

Russia

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 in January 1904. Its goal was originally the replacement of the absolutism

Absolute monarchy

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 of the Tsar

Tsar

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 with a constitutional monarchy

Constitutional monarchy

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. Its other goals included an equal, secret and direct vote for all Russian citizens and the self-determination of different nationalities (such as the Poles) that lived in the Russian State.