tzar

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The tzar was particularly fond of fine horses, and was very successful in improving, by importations, the breed in Russia.

From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Potier, Fabre, Destrême, and Bazain, who entered the service of Russia, at the request to that effect preferred by the tzar to Napoleon.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de

King William III. sent his yacht to the Hague, to convey the tzar to England, with a convoy of two ships of war.

From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

The tzar accompanied his troops, not as commander-in-chief, but a volunteer soldier.

From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

With the young tzar, a boy of sixteen, it was love at first sight, and that very day he told Moroson that he wished to marry Maria, the eldest of the beauties.

From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)