Tsar
Pre-revolutionary Russian title
Tsar is a Russian word for emperor, specifically the ruler of Russia before the 1917 revolution.
Also spelled czar.
The title derives from Caesar.
In American English, czar commonly describes someone with broad authority over a particular domain: a drug czar, an energy czar, the administration's new border czar.
Male ruler of empire
- autocratSole wielder of power
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- sovereignSupreme in power
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
dynasty · imperial · crown · reign · coronation · succession · absolutism · court
Violent governmental overthrow
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- executionCompleting a planned task
- exileBanishment from homeland
overthrow · collapse · massacre · 1917 · uprising · martyrdom · civil war · regicide
Russian fortified complex
- peterFade away gradually
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- hermitageSecluded religious dwelling
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
Supreme feudal superior
- chiefTop-ranking leader
- bossWorkplace superior
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
powerbroker · supremo · strongman · commander · director · controller · appointee · commissioner
emperor
Male ruler of empire
throne · dynasty · imperial · crown · reign · coronation · succession · absolutism · court · palace
revolution
Violent governmental overthrow
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- executionCompleting a planned task
exile · overthrow · collapse · massacre · 1917 · uprising · martyrdom · civil war · regicide
kremlin
Russian fortified complex
overlord
Supreme feudal superior
magnate · powerbroker · supremo · strongman · commander · director · controller · appointee · commissioner · overseer
- historical rulersCharlemagne, Napoleon Bonaparte, Cleopatra, Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan
- Alexander IIRomanov, assassination, serfs, emancipation, reformer
- Polish Historypartitions, Piast dynasty, Pulaski, September 1939, Warsaw Ghetto
- 1905 RevolutionBloody Sunday, Potemkin, general strike, Winter Palace, workers councils
- Russian MilitaryCossacks, dragoons, hussars, grenadier, regiment
- kings'crown, throne, scepter, orb, robe
Tsardemocrat
Advocate for popular rule
republican · anarchist · prime minister · parliamentarian · elected leader
- Tsar Nicholas IIFinal Romanov ruler
- Russian tsarImperial Russian sovereign
- Tsar BombaLargest nuclear weapon detonated
- Tsar NicholasImperial Russian ruler