Он получил власть.

Word for word:

• Он = he
• получил = received / got / obtained
• власть = power / authority

So the whole sentence means something like He got power, He gained power, or He came to power, depending on context.

Yes. Получил is the past tense of получить.

In Russian, past tense is often formed from the infinitive stem plus -л:

• получить = to receive / to obtain
• получил = he received / obtained

In the singular past tense, Russian also shows gender:

• он получил = he received
• она получила = she received
• оно получило = it received

So получил is specifically the masculine singular past form.

This is a question of aspect.

• получить → perfective
• получать → imperfective

Получил is perfective past, so it presents the action as completed: he successfully got the power.

Получал would usually mean something more like:

• he was receiving
• he used to receive
• he received repeatedly

In Он получил власть, the idea is that the result happened: he came into possession of power / gained power.

Here власть is in the accusative case, because it is the direct object of получил.

He received what? → власть

So the object goes into the accusative.

However, власть looks the same in the nominative and accusative singular. That is normal for this type of noun.

Because власть is a feminine inanimate noun ending in a soft sign (-ь), and for this type of noun, the nominative singular and accusative singular are often identical.

So:

• nominative: власть
• accusative: власть

But in other cases it changes:

• genitive: власти
• dative: власти
• instrumental: властью
• prepositional: власти

Usually yes, but the nuance matters.

Власть often means:

• power
• authority
• rule
• sometimes government / the authorities, depending on context

In Он получил власть, the most natural meaning is that he gained power or came to power, especially in a political or leadership sense.

It is usually not physical power like electricity or engine power. For that, Russian uses other words in many contexts.

Yes, it is grammatical and natural.

It sounds like:

• He gained power
• He came to power
• He obtained authority

In political or historical contexts, Russian speakers might also say:

• Он пришёл к власти = He came to power

That expression is especially common when talking about rulers, leaders, or political figures.

Yes, Russian often can drop subject pronouns when the meaning is clear from context.

So after previous context, a speaker might simply say:

• Получил власть.

But Он получил власть is also completely normal. Including он can:

• make the subject explicit
• add contrast, as in he got power
• help when the context is not already clear

Yes. Russian word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral order here is:

• Он получил власть.

But you could also see:

• Власть он получил.
• Получил он власть.

These alternatives change the focus or emphasis, not the basic meaning.

For example:

• Власть он получил, но не удержал её. = He gained power, but did not keep it.

So the original order is the most neutral, but not the only possibility.

The stress is:

• Он
• получи́л
• власть

So the stressed syllables are:

• получи́л
• власть is a one-syllable word, so that syllable is stressed

A rough pronunciation guide:

• Он ≈ on
• получи́л ≈ puh-lu-CHEEL
• власть ≈ vlastʹ

The final soft sign ь in власть does not make a vowel; it just softens the final consonant slightly.

No. Russian has no articles.

So власть can mean:

• power
• the power
• sometimes a power

The exact interpretation comes from context.

In this sentence, English usually translates it as power without an article, or as part of an idiomatic phrase:

• He gained power
• He came to power