Related Clues:

• Russian monarch
• Bolshevik quarry
• Potentate of the past
• Has-been of 47-Down
• Ruler of yore
• Ousted ruler
• Anastasia's father, e.g. (Var.)
• Head boss
• Despot of old (Var.)
• Peter the Great, for one
• Bygone despot (Var.)
• Persian VIP
• Winter Palace VIP
• Title for Ivan (Var.)
• Romanov ruler (Var.)