tsar

• For centuries, leaving the tsar was as difficult as leaving Stalin later became. —  Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
• She has been unveiled as David Cameron's new maths tsar, and it's a job she is taking very seriously indeed, because she is only too aware that her life story could so easily have been different. —  Home | Mail Online
• It is certain that the Russians have many Asiatic words in their vocabulary, which must necessarily have occurred from their being for more than two centuries sometimes under Tatar, and sometimes under Mongol domination; and the origin of this word tsar or car may leave to be sought on the plateaus of North-east Asia. —  Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
• It was announced everywhere that the one who could jump through the circles, reach the window and exchange golden rings with the Tsarevna Baktriana, that man would be the lucky one, notwithstanding his rank--tsar or free kosack, king or warrior, tsarevitch, korolevitch, or fellow without any kinfolk or country The great day arrived. —  Folk Tales from the Russian
• Officered and disciplined by foreigners dependent entirely upon the tsar, the new army replaced the streltsi and proved a potent factor in furthering the domestic and foreign policies of Peter the Great Sidenote: Introduction of Occidental Customs The young reformer next turned his attention to the customs of his people--their clothing and manners--which he would transform from Oriental to Occidental. —  A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.

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