tzar

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One, the king's chancellor, with the tzar's consent, set off for St. Petersburg to attempt to rouse the partisans of the tzar; but he could find none there.

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

After the Te Deum the archbishop presented his episcopal ring to the tzar and the grand duke, who kissed it respectfully.

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

This name also occurs, though in a somewhat altered form, as "Wegorscoi tzar," on Isaac Massa's map of 1612, which, according to the statement of the publisher, is a copy of a Russian chart.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

Again, in the year 1552, the tzar prepared another expedition to check their ravages.

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

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)