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It's deep in the Russian DNA. The basic national ethos is that the Tsar has divine authority and he is infallible. As his rule is divinely ordained, one should not question it. Thus, the common man stays out of the politics altogether, and only does as he is told. If ever there's a problem, it's because the perfect instructions given by the Tsar have been misinterpreted by the boyars. So, if you ever see a Russian complaining, it's always about a regional governor, or some other politician, and all pleas addressed to the Tsar are essentially requests that he takes direct control and fixes things.
But that only goes so far, and it's not a coincidence that the nation has had more revolutions than pretty much any other country. The implicit social contract is that as long as the ordinary Russian does not directly feel the negative outcomes of the national policy, the Tsar has completely free rein, but once things stop working, then the collapse of the government can be astonishingly fast.