| The ravages of the civil war decimated the revolutionary elements of the working class that so inspiringly ousted the czar. |
| The last czar of Russia, Nicholas II, and his czarina, Alexandra, led a contented family life with four daughters and a son. |
| Savagely criticized at the time, he didn't seem to care because he was the stock-market czar. |
| In the early 20th century, the czar called the Duma together and dissolved it at will. |
| At various times, Roosevelt had the Russian czar, the German kaiser, and the hypersensitive Japanese eating out of his hand, however reluctantly. |
| Peter the Great was the Russian czar who transformed Russia from an isolated agricultural society into an Empire on a par with European powers. |
