tzar
Example Sentences
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When the tzar learned all the honors and the testimonials of affection with which his embassador had been greeted in London, he considered the English as the most precious of all the friends of Russia.
From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
A distinguished German, named Schlit, being in Moscow in 1547, informed the tzar of the rapid progress Germany was making in civilization and enlightenment.
From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
The tzar was taken in by the trick, and Maximof quitted the court with the title of major.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
This iniquitous demand the tzar rejected with the scorn it merited.
From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
While the tzar was engaged in those objects which we have thus rapidly traced, other questions of immense magnitude engrossed his mind.
From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott