@matrix >all the rich were only rich because they were in tsar's favor.
this seems pretty silly and unrealistic, was every autocracy automatically not a capitalist society? are parliaments and political parties necessary for something to be considered 'capitalism'?
'Capitalism' mostly stuck due to the prevalence of socialist stages of history in the 19th century. I think it's better to speak between market economies or centrally planned economies, as well as the forms of property ownership.