2) § 87. czar / tsar. 3. Word Choice. The American Heritage Book of English Usage. 1996
...The word czar can also be spelled tsar. Czar is the most common form in American usage and virtually the only one employed in the extended senses any tyrant or, informally,...

3) tsar. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Variant of czar (sense 1). See Usage Note at czar....

4) czar. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. also tsar or tzar (zar, tsar) A male monarch or emperor, especially one of the emperors who ruled Russia until the revolution of 1917. 2. A person having great...

5) 1905, Jan 22. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...by Father Gapon proceeded to the palace in St. Petersburg to lay their demands before the tsar; they were fired on by troops-70 were killed and 240 wounded. The result...

6) 41087. Nabokov, Vladimir. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:41087 QUOTATION:Whatever qualities [Tsar Nicholas I] may have shown in his own kingly profession, it must be admitted that in his dealings with the Russian...

7) 1906, May 2. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...of whom he had never approved and who, he felt, was no longer needed. In his place the tsar appointed Ivan Goremykin, a conservative bureaucrat of the old school....

8) 3. Finland. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...and confusion as the Finnish language was encouraged. 1 1855 Alexander II became tsar of Russia (See 1860). Alexander appointed Count F. W. Berg as governor-general,...

9) 1893. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...in the Emancipation Edict permitting peasants to leave communes. 1 1894 Nicholas II, tsar. 2 1895 Alexander Popov invented the radio (shortly before Marconi). 3 1897...

10) 1914, June 14. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...1914, June 14 The visit of Tsar Nicholas of Russia and Sazonov to Constantza was taken as evidence of Romania's veering to the side of the Entente powers. 1 Aug....