| Thereat the tsarina wept bitterly, and fell to the ground as if dead with grief. |
| Added to this cocktail were rumours that the tsarina, Alexandra, and her favourite, the infamous Rasputin, were German spies. |
| He immediately called the tsarina and pointed out to her what he saw. |
| Scarcely had the tsarina spoken, and wrapped Ivan in her cloak, when the Spirit appeared and offered to embrace her. |
| Her brother Nikita's children took the surname Romanov in honour of their grandfather, father of a tsarina. |
| They asked the tsarina for her assent for the Ossetians to come down from the mountains and settle on the plains of the north Caucasus. |
