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- Despot
- Autocrat
- Nicholas or Alexander
- Journal
- Romanov ruler
- Ruler
- Tyrant
- Winter Palace resident
- Boris Godunov, for one
- Absolute ruler
- Russian ruler
- Peter the Great, e.g.
- Former Russian autocrat
- Peter I, for one
- Emperor
- Autocrat until 1917
- Sovereign
- Russian despot
- Bygone despot
- Peter or Paul
- Dictator
- Ivan or Peter
- Nicholas II, e.g.
- Ivan the Terrible, e.g.
- Anastasia's father, e.g.
- Russian ruler of old
- Ivan or Nicholas
- Peter the Great, for one
- Autocratic ruler
- Nicholas, for one
- Mogul
- Bygone autocrat
- Russian leader before 1917
- Pre-Soviet royalty
- Peter, for one
- Old Russian despot
- Old autocrat
- Monarch
- Kingpin
- Winter Palace ruler
- Winter Palace resident, once
- Title for a Romanov
- Old Russian ruler
- Noted victim of 1917
- Russian ruler of yore
- Romanov title
- Pre-1917 ruler
- Boris Godunov, e.g.
- Russian monarch
- Ruler until 1917
- Peter or Nicholas
- Peter or Ivan
- Nicholas, e.g.
- Nicholas II, for one
- Former Russian ruler
- Bygone ruler
- Abdicator of 1917
- Pre-1917 Russian ruler
- Ruthless ruler
- Ruler of yore
- Nicholas or Peter
- An anagram for "rats"
- Pre-1917 autocrat
- Peter, e.g.
- Peter or Paul, but not Mary
- Old ruler
- Old monarch
- Old crowned head
- Nicholas I or II
- Leader opposed by the Bolsheviks
- Ivan, for one
- Despotic ruler
- Despot of old
- Bygone sovereign
- Basil, e.g.
- Autocrat of yore
- Autocrat of old
- 1917 revolution casualty
- Winter Palace denizen
- Russian ruler, once
- Russian leader of old
- Russian autocrat
- Ruler opposed by the Bolsheviks
- Pre-Soviet ruler
- Pre-Lenin Russian ruler
- Pre-Communist leader
- Potentate of the past
- Old despot
- Nicholas was one
- Nicholas II was the last one
- Nicholas I was one
- Nicholas
- Deposed despot
- Bolshevik target
- Bolshevik foe
- Alexander, e.g.
- Russian Revolution victim
- Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan"
- Peter the Great's title
- Peter or Paul, e.g.
- Old Russian leader
- Old Russian autocrat
- Nicholas II was the last
- Mikhail Romanov, e.g.
- Ivan the Terrible, for one
- Defunct ruler
- Bygone monarch
- Bygone leader
- Anastasia's father was one
- Alexis, e.g.
- Winter Palace dweller, once
- Ukase issuer
- The last was Nicholas II
- Supreme leader
- Russian leader
- Ruler in Rimsky-Korsakov operas
- Pre-Lenin ruler
- Pre-Communism leader
- Peter I, II or III
- Peter I or Ivan IV
- Peter
- Old Russian royal
- Old Russian monarch
- Ivan IV, for one
- Ivan IV was Russia's first
- Imperial autocrat
- Former Russian despot
- Former ruler
- Figure in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera
- Ex-leader of Russia
- Erstwhile despot
- Bygone title
- Anastasia's father, for one
- Anastasia's father
- Anastasia's daddy, for one
- Alexandra's husband
- A ruler before the revolution
- Winter Palace VIP
- Winter Palace figure
- Turn-of-the-century Russian ruler
- Slavic sovereign
- Russian royal
- Russian leader until 1917
- Russian emperor
- Ruler, once
- Ruler of old
- Royal Russian
- Rigid ruler
- Rasputin's advisee
- Peterhof Palace resident
- Overlord of old
- Onetime Russian leader
- Onetime Kremlin dweller
- Old head
- Nicholas or Ivan
- Moscow monarch, once
- Leader of pre-1917 Russia
- Kremlin VIP, once
- Ivan, e.g.
- Ivan or Boris
- Former Winter Palace resident
- Former Russian monarch
- Former Russian emperor
- Former despot
- Former absolute ruler
- Erstwhile Russian sovereign
- Emperor of Russia
- Despot of yore
- Bygone Russian despot
- Bygone big shot
- Boris of Bulgaria
- Authoritarian
- An anagram for rats
- Alexandra's Nicholas, for one
- Alexander or Peter
- "Arts" anagram
- Winter Palace occupant
- Victim of the Bolsheviks
- Title in Russian history
- Title for Ivan (Var.)
- Title derived from "Caesar"
- Simeon I of Bulgaria was the first
- Russian ruler, of yore
- Russian royalty
- Russia's Nicholas, for one
- Russia's leader in 1916
- Russ. ruler
- Ruler who lived in the Winter Palace
- Ruler pre-1917
- Ruler of the Cossacks, once
- Ruler in old St. Petersburg
- Ruler before 1917 (Var.)
- Royal Russian ruler
- Royal Russian (Var.)
- Romanov title (Var.)
- Romanov ruler (Var.)
- Romanov
- Rimsky-Korsakov's ''The Tale of ___ Saltan''
- Recipient of Faberge eggs
- Pre-Russian Revolution ruler
- Pre-revolutionary ruler
- Pre-revolution ruler
- Pre-Lenin leader
- Pre-Communist autocrat
- Pre-1917 monarch
- Peter was one
- Peter or Paul, e.g. (Var.)
- Peter or Ivan, historically
- Peter or Ivan, e.g. (Var.)
- Peter or Ivan, e.g.
- Past potentate
- Ousted ruler
- Old totalitarian ruler
- Old sovereign
- Old royal
- Old overlord
- Old leader
- Old head of state
- Noted Russian victim
- Noted 1918 casualty
- Movie bigwig
- Mighty monarch
- Michael Romanov, e.g.
- Male monarch (Var.)
- Male monarch
- Leader until 1917
- Leader overthrown in 1917
- Ivan was one
- Ivan the Terrible, for example
- Ivan the Terrible
- Ivan IV, e.g.
- Ivan
- Godunov, for one
- Godunov
- Glinka's "A Life for the ___"
- Former Russian royalty
- Feodor, e.g.
- February Revolution victim
- Father of a grand duke
- Erstwhile autocrat
- Early anti-communist
- Early 1900s ruler
- Dictatorial person
- Despot until 1917
- Despot of the past
- Crimean War leader
- Bygone Russian ruler
- Bygone Russian autocrat
- Bygone royal Russian
- Boris Godunov was one
- Big man in Russia, once
- Bear head, once
- Basil was one
- Arts anagram
- All-powerful ruler
- Alexis I, e.g.
- Alexandra's Nicholas
- Alexandra's husband (Var.)
- Alexander II, e.g.
- A Romanov
- 1917 abdicator
- "God Save the __!": Russian Empire anthem
- "A Life for the ___" (Glinka opera)
- Word that's an accidental acronym of a Hemingway title
- Word derived from "Caesar"
- Winter Palace resident once
- Winter Palace residence
- Winter Palace potentate
- Winter Palace despot
- White Russian ruler
- Weill's "The ___ Has His Photograph Taken"
- Villagers' tormentor in "Fiddler on the Roof"
- Victim of a 1917 revolution
- Van Cleef & Arpels cologne
- V.I.P. of yore
- Unseen "Fiddler on the Roof" tyrant
- Tyrant of yore
- Type of despot
- Trotsky's target
- Toppled tyrant
- Top Romanov (Var.)
- Top Romanov
- Top authority
- Tolstoy's sovereign
- Tolstoy's "___ Fyodor Ivanovich"
- Title of the first Fabergé egg owner
- Title for the son of Basil III
- Title derived from the name "Caesar"
- The first one ruled 1547-84
- Terrible title?
- Supreme ruler
- Studio head (Var.)
- Studio head
- Slavonic sovereign
- Simeon I, for one (Var.)
- Shah : Iran :: ___ : Russia
- Russian V.I.P. of yore
- Russian V.I.P.
- Russian sovereign, once (Var.)
- Russian ruler until 1917
- Russian ruler before the revolution
- Russian Revolution victim (Var.)
- Russian personage
- Russian monarch, once (Var.)
- Russian leader of yore
- Russian dynast
- Russian despot of yore
- Russian despot of old
- Russian anarchists' foe, once
- Russia's Nicholas II, e.g.
- Russia's Nicholas I, e.g.
- Russia's Alexis I, e.g.
- Rurik ruler
- Ruler's title derived from "Caesar"
- Ruler with a line?
- Ruler whose more common spelling is rare in crosswords
- Ruler over Tolstoy
- Ruler of yore (Var.)
- Ruler of the past
- Ruler of the Cossacks
- Ruler mixed up in arts
- Ruler before the revolution
- Ruler before Lenin
- Ruined Russian ruler
- Royal Russian of yore
- Romanov, e.g.
- Romanov VIP
- Romanov V.I.P.
- Romanov royal of Russia
- Romanov dynasty member (Var.)
- Romanov dynasty member
- Romanov bigwig, once
- Romanov bigwig
- Rimsky-Korsakov's Saltan, e.g.
- Rasputin's ruler
- Rasputin's puppet
- Prerevolutionary ruler
- Prerevolutionary leader
- Pre-WWI ruler
- Pre-World War I ruler
- Pre-Soviet sovereign
- Pre-Soviet ruler (Var.)
- Pre-revolution ruler (Var.)
- Pre-Red head
- Pre-communism leader (Var.)
- Pre-1917 despot
- Pre-1917 bigwig
- Power-mad ruler of old
- Plot target of the Decembrists
- Petrograd pooh-bah
- Peter, Paul or Boris
- Peter the Great, for one (Var.)
- Peter or Ivan e.g.
- Peter or Boris
- Peter or Alexander
- Peter III, for one
- Peter I, e.g.
- Peter I, for one
- Peter I was one
- Peter I or Paul I
- Peter I or Ivan IV, e.g.
- Peter I for one
- Peter I
- Paul or Peter
- Paul I, Peter II, or Ivan III
- Paul I, for one
- Paul I, e.g.
- Palace potentate of the past
- Out-of-date ruler
- Opponent of Napoleon
- Opera "The Tale of ___ Saltan"
- Onetime Russian ruler
- Onetime Russian monarch
- Onetime monarch
- One-time Winter Palace occupant
- One-time Kremlin dweller
- Olden despot
- Old world despot
- Old Slavic title
- Old Russian title
- Old Russian sovereign
- Old Russian royal (Var.)
- Old Russian noble
- Old Russian dynast
- Old Russian bigwig (Var.)
- Old Russian autocrat (Var.)
- Old imperator
- Old emperor of Russia
- Old autocrat (Var.)
- Nikolai, e.g.
- Nicholas,for one
- Nicholas or Alexander, e.g.
- Nicholas Il was the last
- Nicholas II of Russia, for one
- Nicholas I, e.g.
- Nicholas I or II, e.g.
- Nicholas I
- Nicholas for one
- Mussorgsky's Boris
- Mussorgsky subject
- Moussorgsky's Godunov, e.g.
- Moscow ruler
- Monstrous monarch
- Mikhail, for one
- Mikhail Fyodorovich was one
- Michael, for one
- Michael, e.g.
- Michael Romanov was one
- Member of an old Russian line
- Loser of 1917
- Lenin's target
- Leader in the Crimean War
- Leader executed by the Bolsheviks
- Leader before Lenin
- Late 19th-century anarchist's foe
- Kaiser's counterpart
- Ivan the Terrible's title (Var.)
- Ivan the Terrible's title
- Ivan or Peter, e.g.
- Ivan or Nicholas, e.g.
- Ivan or Feodor
- Ivan or Alexis
- Ivan or Alexander
- Ivan IV's title
- Historical autocrat
- Grand Prince of Moscow's successor
- Godunov, e.g.
- Godunov Dynasty member
- Godunov for one
- Glinka subject
- Fyodor I, II or III
- Fyodor I, e.g.
- Former St. Petersburg royal
- Former St. Petersburg palace resident
- Former Russian V.I.P.
- Former Russian royal
- Former Russian head
- Former ruler that gets its name from "Caesar"
- Former Kremlin resident
- Former despot (Var.)
- Former autocrat
- Forced abdicator of 1917
- Foe of communism
- Figure in a 1917 revolution
- Feodor I, e.g.
- Fabergé patron
- Fabergé egg recipient
- Fabergé Egg collector
- Erstwhile despot (Var.)
- Emperor prior to 1917
- Dweller in the Peterhof
- Despotic leader
- Despot of old (Var.)
- Despot of old
- Descriptor for a domineering person
- Deposed Russian ruler
- Deposed Russian
- Decembrists' unsuccessful plot target in 1825
- Customer of Fabergé eggs
- Crimean War figure
- Crest-fallen Russian?
- Cossacks' leader
- Cossacks' employer
- Catherine's husband
- Catherine Palace resident, once
- Caesar's etymological cousin
- Bygone monarch (Var.)
- Bygone leader (Var.)
- Bygone Kremlin resident
- Bygone despot (Var.)
- Bygone crown
- Bygone autocrat (Var.)
- Boris or Feodor
- Boris Godunov, for one (Var.)
- Boris Godunov e.g.
- Bolshevism casualty
- Bolsheviks' target
- Bolsheviks' foe
- Bolsheviks' bane
- Bolshevik's quarry
- Bolshevik's bête noire
- Bolshevik quarry
- Bigwig in business
- Big wheel pre-1917 (Var.)
- Big wheel once
- Basil III was one
- Bane of Bolsheviks
- Autocratic leader
- Autocrat until 1917 (Var.)
- Autocrat before the Revolution
- Anticommunist leader
- Anastasia's father, e.g. (Var.)
- Anastasia's dad
- Anarchists' foe, once
- Anagram for star
- Anagram for "rats"
- Alexandra's husband, for one
- Alexandra's husband, e.g.
- Alexandra's husband was one
- Alexandra Fyororovna's husband, for one
- Alexandra Feodorovna's husband, for one
- Alexander or Nicholas
- Alexander or Ivan
- Aleksei Mikhailovich, e.g.
- Absolute ruler before the revolution
- A Romanov title
- 2009 Russian film about Ivan the Terrible
- "The Guns of August" figure
- "The Day They Make Me ___" (Cat Stevens song)
- "Terrible" title
- "A Life for the ___": Glinka
- "A Life for the ___"
- ___ Bomba (hydrogen bomb nickname)
- ___ bomb (nickname of the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated)
- __ Bell (Kremlin attraction)