czarist

Examples

• All

• Jewish nationalism was born out of the defiance of the oppressed masses in czarist Russia.

  Academic text (2002)

• For a time during the late czarist era at the turn of the 19th century, Russia was the world's largest exporter of petroleum.

  Academic text (1999)

• It was the czarist political system itself that did that.

  Lex Fridman

• The grand duke is associated with all that is oppressive in the czarist society.

  Academic text (1991)

• All of the power is concentrated in the czarist army and the bureaucracy.

• His father was a a Democrat in Czarist Russia and he was quite a reformer.

• The war continues after the czarist regime has been toppled in the capital and there's been a revolution.

  Lex Fridman

• Many of the so-called White Russians, the elite of the czarist society, fled the country at this time and sought shelter elsewhere.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The driver has just delivered the dented box to Aleksei, a Russian businessman, who closes the door of a Czarist-era building.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The reformist policies in the new government were a direct response to the failures of the czarist regime.

Synonyms

D

despotical

vsczarist

• Archaic

1 9.9

A leader who has harsh, total power and treats people unfairly

is specific to a named monarchic system in Russia not general tyranny

C

czaristic

vsczarist

• US

9.9

Relating to the old Russian rulers who had total power

is the same meaning but tied to Russia before 1917

T

tsaristic

vsczarist

9.9

Relating to a ruler like a king in old Russia or to that ruler's government

is used specifically for Russian historical rule before 1917

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology