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Czar or Tsar
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an emporer; the title of the sovereign of Russia
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Boyar
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a member of the privilaged aristocracy in Czarist Russia
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Cossack
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a peasant of mainly Polish or russian descent
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Muzhik
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a peasant in Czarist Russia
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slav
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a member of any group of Slavic speaking people of E, SE and central Europe.
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kremlin
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the citadel
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Occident
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the part of the world west of Asia
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portage
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the act of carrying or transporting
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annex
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to add or attach; as a smaller thing to a larger
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suzerain
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a state in its relation to a semi-autonomous state over which it exercises political control
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aggrandize
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to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor
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steppe
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vast treeless plain of southeastern Europe and of Asia
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manifesto
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A public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially of a political nature.
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insurgent
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rising in opposition to civil or political authority or against an established government
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posterity
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succeeding or future generations collectively
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pride
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Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association
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conceit
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A favorable and especially unduly high opinion of one's own abilities or worth.
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absolutes
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something that is not dependent upon external conditions for existence or for its specific nature, size, etc.
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