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While both the constitutional monarchy in England and the absolute monarchy in Russia were established to centralize power, the former led to greater political stability, democracy, and individual rights, while the latter resulted in political and economic stagnation and eventual revolution.

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While the English constitutional monarchy centralized power and led to political stability, democracy, and individual rights, the Russian absolute monarchy resulted in stagnation, revolution, and economic decline.