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CZAR ALEXANDER III
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Son of Alexander II who was czar of Russia (1845-1894)
Synonyms:
Alexander III; Czar Alexander III
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
czar; tsar; tzar (a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917))
Domain region:
Russia (a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917)