Answer: TSAR
TSAR is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 540 times.
Referring Clues:
- Ruler in Rimsky-Korsakov operas
 - Ivan or Nicholas
 - Russian autocrat
 - Bygone leader
 - Nicholas II, e.g.
 - Alexis, e.g.
 - Winter Palace dweller, once
 - Nicholas was one
 - Figure in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera
 - Rimsky-Korsakov's Saltan, e.g.
 - Pre-1917 ruler
 - Pre-Soviet royalty
 - Nicholas or Alexander
 - Paul I, e.g.
 - Nicholas I or II, e.g.
 - Opera "The Tale of ___ Saltan"
 - Peter the Great, e.g.
 - Peter, for one
 - Tolstoy's "___ Fyodor Ivanovich"
 - Bygone title
 - Feodor, e.g.
 - Autocrat
 - Nicholas I or II
 - Bolshevik target
 - Old despot
 - Winter Palace resident
 - Basil, e.g.
 - Peter, e.g.
 - Olden despot
 - Bygone Russian despot
 - Old autocrat
 - Peter or Paul
 - Word that's an accidental acronym of a Hemingway title
 - Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan"
 - Victim of a 1917 revolution
 - Leader opposed by the Bolsheviks
 - Ruler until 1917
 - Peter or Nicholas
 - Feodor I, e.g.
 - Winter Palace ruler
 - Abdicator of 1917
 - Nicholas II was the last one
 - Bygone despot
 - Anarchists' foe, once
 - Old Russian royal
 - Boris Godunov, for one
 - Pre-Lenin ruler
 - Alexander II, e.g.
 - Ex-leader of Russia
 - Peter I, II or III
 - Leader of pre-1917 Russia
 - Customer of Fabergé eggs
 - Bygone autocrat
 - Pre-Red head
 - Leader before Lenin
 - Old monarch
 - Michael, for one
 - Old crowned head
 - Royal Russian
 - Past potentate
 - Russian leader before 1917
 - Russia's Nicholas I, e.g.
 - Romanov ruler
 - Russian leader of old
 - Old overlord
 - Foe of communism
 - 1917 revolution casualty
 - Despot of yore
 - Bygone Russian autocrat
 - Anticommunist leader
 - 26- or 55-Down
 - Mikhail Romanov, e.g.
 - Ruler of yore
 - Boris Godunov, e.g.
 - Old Russian monarch
 - Russian autocrat of old
 - Leader in the Crimean War
 - Pre-1917 monarch
 - Ivan the Terrible, e.g.
 - Pre-1917 Russian ruler
 - Former Russian royalty
 - Old Russian ruler
 - Ruler of the Cossacks
 - Pre-1917 autocrat
 - The first one ruled 1547-84
 - Dweller in the Peterhof
 - Early 1900s ruler
 - Pre-Communist leader
 - Plot target of the Decembrists
 - Cossacks' leader
 - Peter or Paul, but not Mary
 - Ruler before 31-Down
 - "The Guns of August" figure
 - Bygone crown
 - Early anti-Communist
 - Old Russian despot
 - Leader overthrown in 1917
 - Autocrat until 1917
 - Shah : Iran :: ___ : Russia
 - Ivan or Feodor
 - Nicholas II, for one
 - Former Russian monarch
 - Romanov bigwig
 - Ivan the Terrible, for one
 - Bygone monarch
 - Pre-1918 Russian ruler
 - Alexandra's husband, for one
 - Russian ruler, until 1917
 - Pre-1918 despot
 - One-time Russian ruler
 - Winter Palace occupant
 - Russian emperor
 - Ivan the Terrible was Russia's first
 - Former Winter Palace resident
 - Nicholas, for one
 - Leader abominable to Lenin
 - Fabergé egg collector
 - Nicholas I, for one
 - Bolshevik victim
 - Bygone ruler
 - Anastasia's father was one
 - Romanov title
 - Former Russian despot
 - Nicholas II was the last Russian one
 - Bolshevik's bane
 - Ivan or Peter
 - Russian ruler of yore
 - Pre-Soviet sovereign
 - Russian Revolution victim
 - Russian ruler of old
 - Bygone emperor
 - Russian ruler
 - Nicholas or Peter
 - Winter Palace dweller
 - Russian ruler, of yore
 - Royal Russian, once
 - Russian ruler, once
 - Lenin foe
 - Onetime Russian leader
 - Former Russian head
 - Ivan the Terrible, for example
 - Deposed despot
 - Former Russian emperor
 - Russian dynast
 - Former Russian ruler
 - Paul I, Peter II, or Ivan III
 - Godunov Dynasty member
 - Autocrat of yore
 - Petrograd pooh-bah
 - Peter I, for one
 - Erstwhile Russian sovereign
 - Onetime Kremlin dweller
 - Ukase issuer
 - Ruler opposed by the Bolsheviks
 - Ivan IV, for one
 - Bolsheviks' bane
 - Peter the Great, for one
 - Kremlin VIP, once
 - Russian leader until 1917
 - Ivan the Terrible's title
 - Bygone big shot
 - Decembrists' unsuccessful plot target in 1825
 - Anastasia's father, e.g.
 - Russia's Nicholas II, e.g.
 - Potentate of the past
 - Former St. Petersburg palace resident
 - Van Cleef & Arpels cologne
 - Winter Palace VIP
 - Palace potentate of the past
 - Pre-WWI ruler
 - Ivan IV's title
 - Romanov royal of Russia
 - Bolsheviks' foe
 - Old imperator
 - 1917 abdicator
 - Nicholas II was the last
 - Russian despot
 - Alexander, e.g.
 - Old Russian sovereign
 - Title for 9-Down
 - Former Russian autocrat
 - Old sovereign
 - Onetime monarch
 - Old ruler
 - Old head
 - Ruler with a line?
 - Crimean War leader
 - Old leader
 - Bolshevik foe
 - Leader until 1917
 - Old totalitarian ruler
 - Pre-revolution ruler
 - Winter Palace residence
 - 29 Across collector
 - Russian royal
 - Authoritarian
 - 6 Down ruler
 - Erstwhile autocrat
 - Autocrat of old
 - The last was Nicholas II
 - Loser of 1917
 - Ruler of the past
 - Alexandra's Nicholas, for one
 - An anagram for "rats"
 - "A Life for the ___" (Glinka opera)
 - Russian anarchists' foe, once
 - Anagram for "rats"
 - Title for a Romanov
 - Absolute ruler
 - Russian ruler before the revolution
 - "Arts" anagram
 - "Terrible" title
 - Bear head, once
 - Paul I, for one
 - Alexandra Fyororovna's husband, for one
 - Terrible title?
 - Forced abdicator of 1917
 - Bygone sovereign
 - Basil was one
 - Russian despot of old
 - Ivan or Peter, e.g.
 - Ivan IV was Russia's first
 - Alexandra's husband, e.g.
 - Romanov, e.g.
 - Erstwhile despot
 - A ruler before the revolution
 - Russian royalty
 - Royal Russian ruler
 - Fyodor I, II or III
 - Autocratic ruler
 - Pre-Soviet ruler
 - Despotic ruler
 - Peter or Paul, e.g.
 - Peter I or Ivan IV, e.g.
 - Old head of state
 - Type of despot
 - Male monarch
 - Russian monarch
 - Noted Russian victim
 - Recipient of Faberge eggs
 - Noted 1918 casualty
 - Ruler of the Cossacks, once
 - Despot of the past
 - Imperial autocrat
 - Peter I or Ivan IV
 - Peter or Ivan, historically
 - Despot of old
 - Anastasia's father, for one
 - Ruler before 1917 (Var.)
 - Russia's leader in 1916
 - Ousted ruler
 - Overlord of old
 - Title for Ivan (Var.)
 - Romanov ruler (Var.)
 - Russian Revolution victim (Var.)
 - Alexandra's husband (Var.)
 - Male monarch (Var.)
 - Peter or Paul, e.g. (Var.)
 - Royal Russian (Var.)
 - Romanov title (Var.)
 - Peter or Ivan, e.g. (Var.)
 - Pre-Lenin Russian ruler
 - Anastasia's father
 - Nicholas or Ivan
 - Alexandra's Nicholas
 - Studio head, e.g.
 - Peter III, for one
 - Defunct ruler
 - Anastasia's daddy, for one
 - Winter Palace resident, once
 - Royal Russian of yore
 - Nicholas II of Russia, for one
 - Pre-Russian Revolution ruler
 - Former ruler
 - Former absolute ruler
 - Title in Russian history
 - Old Russian autocrat
 - Peter or Ivan
 - One-time Winter Palace occupant
 - Title derived from "Caesar"
 - Villagers' tormentor in "Fiddler on the Roof"
 - Rasputin's advisee
 - Anagram for 31-Down
 - Opponent of Napoleon
 - Pre-Communist autocrat
 - Emperor
 - Industrial giant
 - Michael, e.g.
 - Turn-of-the-century Russian ruler
 - Father of a grand duke
 - Winter Palace potentate
 - Nicholas, e.g.
 - Pre-Lenin leader
 - Power-mad ruler of old
 - Ruthless ruler
 - Journal
 - Supreme ruler
 - Despot
 - Supreme leader
 - Old world despot
 - Former despot
 - Winter Palace denizen
 - Bygone Russian ruler
 - House of Fabergé patron
 - Ruler whose more common spelling is rare in crosswords
 - Noted victim of 1917
 - Autocrat before the Revolution
 - Victim of the Bolsheviks
 - Former Russian royal
 - Pre-1917 bigwig
 - Dictator
 - Title of the first Fabergé egg owner
 - Big man in Russia, once
 - Ivan the terrible was one
 - Movie mogul
 - Authoritarian ruler
 - Pre-World War I ruler
 - Alexis I, e.g.
 - Ivan IV, e.g.
 - Peter I, e.g.
 - Old Russian bigwig
 - Bygone royal Russian
 - Old royal
 - Nicholas I was one
 - Bygone tyrant
 - Ruler in old St. Petersburg
 - Alexandra Feodorovna's husband, for one
 - Russia's Alexis I, e.g.
 - Moscow monarch, once
 - All-powerful ruler
 - Absolute ruler before the revolution
 - Former Kremlin resident
 - Former St. Petersburg royal
 - Descriptor for a domineering person
 - Ruler who lived in the Winter Palace
 - Fabergé patron
 - Old Russian noble
 - 2009 Russian film about Ivan the Terrible
 - Grand Prince of Moscow's successor
 - Unseen "Fiddler on the Roof" tyrant
 - Emperor of Russia
 - Old Russian leader
 - Winter Palace despot
 - Old Russian dynast
 - Pre-1917 despot
 - Pre-Communism leader
 - Leader executed by the Bolsheviks
 - Tyrant
 - Late 19th-century anarchist's foe
 - Ruined Russian ruler
 - Historical autocrat
 - Member of an old Russian line
 - ___ Bomba (hydrogen bomb nickname)
 - Toppled tyrant
 - Ruler before Lenin
 - Bolshevik's quarry
 - Despot until 1917
 - Peterhof Palace resident
 - Peter I, for one
 - Old Slavic title
 - Deposed Russian ruler
 - Russia's Nicholas, for one
 - Singular of 45-Down
 - Kaiser's counterpart
 - Bygone Kremlin resident
 - Ruler over Tolstoy
 - Trotsky's target
 - Variation of 6-Across
 - Onetime Russian ruler
 - Alexandra's husband
 - Nicholas, for one
 - Alexandra's husband was one
 - Onetime Russian monarch
 - Title derived from the name "Caesar"
 - February Revolution victim
 - Old Russian royal (Var.)
 - Old emperor of Russia
 - Bygone leader (Var.)
 - Old autocrat (Var.)
 - Romanov dynasty member (Var.)
 - Pre-communism leader (Var.)
 - Former despot (Var.)
 - Old Russian bigwig (Var.)
 - "God Save the ___!": Russian Empire anthem
 - Fabergé egg recipient
 - Pre-revolution ruler (Var.)
 - Ivan the Terrible's title (Var.)
 - Peter the Great, for one (Var.)
 - Russian sovereign, once (Var.)
 - Bygone monarch (Var.)
 - Top Romanov (Var.)
 - Big wheel pre-1917 (Var.)
 - Old Russian autocrat (Var.)
 - Bygone autocrat (Var.)
 - Erstwhile despot (Var.)
 - Russian ruler until 1917
 - Autocrat until 1917 (Var.)
 - Bygone Russian leader
 - 99-Down, for one
 - Onetime Kremlin dweller (Var.)
 - One spelling for a former Russian ruler
 - Kaiser cousin (Var.)
 - Russian ruler of old (Var.)
 - Pre-revolutionary ruler (Var.)
 - Romanov autocrat
 - February Revolution target
 - Another spelling for 13-Down
 - Ruler no more
 - Ruler of Muscovy
 - Livadia Palace resident
 - Simeon I, for one (var.)
 - Old emperor
 - Russian head, once
 - Ruler of old
 - Russian ruler before 1917
 - Ivan or Nicholas, e.g.
 - Romanov leader
 - Old despot of Russia
 - Central figure in a Mussorgsky opera
 - Russian bigwig, pre-1917
 - Khan : Mongolia :: ___ : Russia
 - Bolshevik's target
 - Any old Russian ruler
 - Many an Ivan
 - Despised figure in "Fiddler on the Roof"
 - Leader issuing a ukase
 - Target of a 1917 uprising
 - Winter Palace autocrat
 - The last one was Nicholas II
 - Early 20th-century abdicator
 - Alexis I, for one
 - Mighty monarch no more
 - Boris Godunov was one
 - Monarch of old
 - Peter or Ivan the Terrible, e.g.
 - Bygone Winter Palace resident
 - Russian leader up to 1917
 - Winter Palace ruler of old
 - Many an Ivan, in old Russia
 - Pre-revolution bigwig
 - Russian leader, once
 - 1917 dethronee
 - Anastasia's father's title
 - Ruler that doesn't work anymore
 - 1917 revolution victim
 - Russia had one in the 20th century
 - Mogul
 - Mikhail, for one
 - Victim of a revolution
 - Leader with a title derived from the name "Caesar"
 - Tyrant's title until 1917
 - Old ruler of Russia
 - Leader wearing the Great Imperial Crown
 - Peter, once
 - Alexander or Peter
 - Winter Palace inhabitant, once
 - Issuer of ukases
 - Ruler long gone
 - Former autocrat
 - Russian monarch of yore
 - Great Imperial Crown ruler
 - Ruler of long ago
 - Ruler not seen since 1917
 - Way-old ruler
 - Pre-revolution leader
 - Anastasia's pop, for one
 - Nicholas II's title
 - Russian ruler no more
 - Evictor of the Jews in "Fiddler on the Roof"
 - Ruler of old Russia
 - "The Tale of ___ Saltan" (Rimsky-Korsakov opera)
 - Onetime ruler in the Winter Palace
 - Ivan IV, from 1547 to 1584
 - Old Russian title that's an anagram of 57-Down
 - Bolshevik's foe
 - Russian emperor, once
 - Russian Revolution target
 - Title also spelled with a "cz"
 - Title based on the name "Caesar"
 - Bygone dynast
 - Kremlin inhabitant of old
 - Royal until 1917
 - Peter or Paul (but not Mary)
 - Ruler in old Moscow
 - Ruler in the Romanov line
 - "A Life for the ___" (Mikhail Glinka opera)
 - Bygone Bulgarian bigwig
 - Ousted ruler of 1917
 - Former Russian title
 - Bygone Russian bigwig
 - Russian lead-in to -evich or -evna
 - Bygone Russian title
 - "Russian Ark" title
 - "May God bless and keep the ___ ... far away from us!" (line from "Fiddler on the Roof")
 - Former Bulgarian monarch
 - Winter Palace monarch
 - Onetime title for Bulgaria's Simeon II, the last person to use it
 - Bygone royalty
 - Alexander I, for one
 - Anastasia Romanov's father, for one
 - Old ruling title in Bulgaria
 - Historical lead-in to -evna or -evich
 - Romanov V.I.P.
 - Old Eurasian ruler
 - Imperial title derived from "caesar"
 - "May God bless and keep the ___ ... far away from us!" ("Fiddler on the Roof" line)
 - Title that comes from "Caesar"
 - Past 15-Across leader
 - Ruler in pre-Communist Russia
 - Bygone dictator
 - Romanov V.I.P., once
 - Russian sovereign
 - Leader overthrown by a revolution
 - Ruler of imperialist Russia
 - Old imperial title
 - Serbian Empire title
 - Old title derived from "Caesar"
 - Bygone Russian royal
 - Fyodor the Blessed, e.g.
 - Ruler whose title is derived from the name "Caesar"
 - Title for Ivan the Terrible
 - Leader in the Bulgarian Empire
 - Ivan the Great, for one
 - Figure in Russian history
 - Romanov dynast
 - Nicholas II title
 - Russian title derived from "Caesar"
 - Casualty of a 1917 revolution
 - Former Eurasian leader
 - Pre-Russian Revolution leader
 - Title first used by Ivan the Great
 - February Revolution abdicator
 - Edict issuer in "Fiddler on the Roof"
 - Onetime Kremlin ruler
 - Winter Palace figure
 - Ousted Russian ruler
 - Peter the Great or Nicholas II
 - Ruling title that dates back to the Byzantine Empire
 - Ruler of Imperial Russia
 - Onetime resident of the Winter Palace
 
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