tzar
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Several very angry messages had passed between the sultan and the tzar, and the Turks had proved themselves ever eager to combine with the Tartars in bloody raids into the southern regions of the empire.
From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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)
The tzar ordered long robes and beards to be laid aside.
From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
She frequently received despatches from St. Petersburg, and seemed, notwithstanding her exile, to have retained a certain influence over the mind of the tzar.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
The tzar, in his imperial robes glittering with diamonds and pearls, received him in a magnificent hall.
From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)