But even before his time in office, the first use of the phrase "czar" in the U.S. was likely Nicholas Biddle, tapped to be president of the Bank of the United States during Andrew Jackson's ...

4. Czar Nicholas II Abdicates His Throne, 1917 Czar Nicholas II of Russia signs his abdication papers, ending a 304-year-old royal dynasty and ushering in Bolshevik rule. He and his family are ...

MOSCOW — The last czar and his family were victims of political ... patriotism by celebrating the country's czarist past. Nicholas II, his wife and five children were killed by a Bolshevik ...