If you know your Russian history, the Tzar's where almost as bad (and maybe worse in some respects) that the Communists. Up until the late 1880's Russians couldn't even own land and were essentially the property of the various Nobles, who they had to ask for permission to do even engage in day to day activities like travel, get married, or engage in commerce.
Restauring he monarchy, no, but using the right and the monarchy to check the left in the middle, yes. The french flat should be blue red and white and not blue white and red.
The Catholic Church prayed for the conversion of Russia all through the 30’s,40’s and 50’s after every mass.
There might be a possibility of restoring the Russian monarchy, based oddly enough on a science fiction story.
An alien race traced its civilization back to its “great man”, both a cultural and spiritual leader. A religious faction had obtained a sample of the long dead spiritual leader’s blood, and created a clone of him, hoping that he would take over and rule. Born again, he had no memory of his previous life, so they methodically taught him his own traditional spiritualism.
But while he knew their religion very well, he had no training in leadership or government or history. And the existing government was uncomfortable to say the least, with putting him in a position of government power.
So their solution was to proclaim him as the spiritual leader and guide of their religion and people. Which seemed to satisfy almost everyone.
I mention this in reference to getting something good out of restoring the Russian monarch and family. That is, make him the “spiritual leader” of the Russian Orthodox Church. A figure with no secular power, or even power over the function of the church. Instead a true figurehead, a “living saint” to bestow blessings on the faithful. A focal point for prayer to heaven.
As with the monarch in England, who reads the proclamations of parliament as the voice of the crown, everything the new Czar would say would be written by the church and endorsed by the government, or vice versa.
Monarchy maybe, Autocrat no.
Monarchy maybe, Autocrat no.