Tsar

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monarchical title royal title

A tsar was the title used by Slavic monarchs, most notably the emperors of Russia and earlier rulers of Bulgaria and Serbia, signifying a sovereign equivalent to an emperor.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Russian throne 1
Russian tsars 1
Tsars of Russia 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical title ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
abolishedIn Russia 1917 ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
connotation autocratic ruler ⓘ
supreme secular authority ⓘ
denotes sovereign ruler ⓘ
equivalentTo emperor ⓘ
etymology derived from Latin title Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
femaleEquivalent Tsaritsa ⓘ
genderForm male title ⓘ
historicalUsagePeriod early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
modern period until early 20th century ⓘ
languageForm Bulgarian: цар (tsar) ⓘ
Russian: царь (tsar’) ⓘ
Serbian: цар (car/tsar) ⓘ
notableRealm Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Bulgarian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Serbian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tsardom of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
pluralForm Tsars NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalSystemAssociatedWith absolute monarchy ⓘ
autocracy ⓘ
precededByTitle Grand Prince (in some Slavic states) ⓘ
regionOfCulturalAssociation Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept Caesaropapism NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTitle Emperor of All the Russias NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaiser NERFINISHED ⓘ
semanticField empire ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
status largely historical title ⓘ
succeededByTitle President (in modern republics that replaced tsardoms) ⓘ
symbolizes imperial sovereignty ⓘ
titleHeldBy Dušan the Mighty of Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ivan IV of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicholas II of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter I of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Simeon I of Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAsMetaphorFor person with dominant control in a field ⓘ
usedBy Slavic monarchs ⓘ
usedIn Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muscovite government → coreInstitution → Tsar ⓘ
Tsarevna of Russia → etymologicallyRelatedTo → Tsar ⓘ
this entity surface form: tsar
Tsar's Village → namedAfter → Tsar ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Tsar
Kayser-i Rûm → relatedTitle → Tsar ⓘ
Pseudodemetrius I → throneClaim → Tsar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian throne
Michael Shishman → title → Tsar ⓘ
His Majesty the Tsar of the Bulgarians → titleComponent → Tsar ⓘ
Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin → usedBy → Tsar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tsars of Russia
Monomakh’s Cap → usedBy → Tsar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian tsars