tzar
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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
His gleaming saber was carelessly held in one hand and the letter to the tzar, from the King of Poland, in the other.
From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
The tzar refused to have any direct intercourse with them, and would only treat through the dignitaries of his court.
From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
This ukase excited so much dissatisfaction among the old noblesse, that the tzar was induced subsequently to neutralise its effect by a police enactment.
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)