| Potentate of the past | 21 |
| Old despot | 10 |
| Nicholas was one | 16 |
| Nicholas I was one | 18 |
| Nicholas | 8 |
| Bolshevik target | 16 |
| Bolshevik foe | 13 |
| Russian Revolution victim | 25 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan" | 56 |
| Peter the Great's title | 27 |
| Nicholas II was the last | 24 |
| Mikhail Romanov, e.g. | 21 |
| Ivan the Terrible, for one | 26 |
| Defunct ruler | 13 |
| Alexis, e.g. | 12 |
| Winter Palace dweller, once | 27 |
| Ukase issuer | 12 |
| The last was Nicholas II | 24 |
| Ruler in Rimsky-Korsakov operas | 31 |
| Pre-Lenin ruler | 15 |
| Peter I or Ivan IV | 18 |
| Old Russian royal | 17 |
| Old Russian monarch | 19 |
| Ivan IV, for one | 16 |
| Ivan IV was Russia's first | 30 |
| Imperial autocrat | 17 |
| Former Russian despot | 21 |
| Former ruler | 12 |
| Figure in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera | 33 |
| Ex-leader of Russia | 19 |
| Erstwhile despot | 16 |
| Anastasia's father, for one | 31 |
| Anastasia's father | 22 |
| Anastasia's daddy, for one | 30 |
| Alexandra's husband | 23 |
| A ruler before the revolution | 29 |
| Winter Palace VIP | 17 |
| Turn-of-the-century Russian ruler | 33 |
| Russian leader until 1917 | 25 |
| Russian emperor | 15 |
| Ruler, once | 11 |
| Rasputin's advisee | 22 |
| Peterhof Palace resident | 24 |
| Overlord of old | 15 |
| Onetime Russian leader | 22 |
| Onetime Kremlin dweller | 23 |
| Nicholas or Ivan | 16 |
| Moscow monarch, once | 20 |
| Leader of pre-1917 Russia | 25 |
| Kremlin VIP, once | 17 |
| Ivan or Boris | 13 |
| Former Winter Palace resident | 29 |
| Former Russian monarch | 22 |
| Former absolute ruler | 21 |
| Erstwhile Russian sovereign | 27 |
| Emperor of Russia | 17 |
| Despot of yore | 14 |
| Bygone Russian despot | 21 |
| Bygone big shot | 15 |
| An anagram for rats | 19 |
| Alexandra's Nicholas, for one | 33 |
| Alexander or Peter | 18 |
| "Arts" anagram | 24 |
| Winter Palace occupant | 22 |
| Victim of the Bolsheviks | 24 |
| Title in Russian history | 24 |
| Title for Ivan (Var.) | 21 |
| Title derived from "Caesar" | 37 |
| Simeon I of Bulgaria was the first | 34 |
| Russian ruler, of yore | 22 |
| Russian royalty | 15 |
| Russia's Nicholas, for one | 30 |
| Russia's leader in 1916 | 27 |
| Russ. ruler | 11 |
| Ruler who lived in the Winter Palace | 36 |
| Ruler pre-1917 | 14 |
| Ruler of the Cossacks, once | 27 |
| Ruler in old St. Petersburg | 27 |
| Ruler before 1917 (Var.) | 24 |
| Royal Russian ruler | 19 |
| Royal Russian (Var.) | 20 |
| Romanov title (Var.) | 20 |
| Romanov ruler (Var.) | 20 |
| Romanov | 7 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov's ''The Tale of ___ Saltan'' | 64 |
| Recipient of Faberge eggs | 25 |
| Pre-Russian Revolution ruler | 28 |
| Pre-revolution ruler | 20 |
| Pre-Lenin leader | 16 |
| Pre-Communist autocrat | 22 |
| Pre-1917 monarch | 16 |
| Peter was one | 13 |
| Peter or Paul, e.g. (Var.) | 26 |
| Peter or Ivan, historically | 27 |
| Peter or Ivan, e.g. (Var.) | 26 |
| Peter or Ivan, e.g. | 19 |
| Past potentate | 14 |
| Ousted ruler | 12 |
| Old totalitarian ruler | 22 |
| Old royal | 9 |