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)

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, 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)

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 had a guard of three thousand troops at his palace of Oranienbaum.

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