zarista
tsarist
adjective dzah-REE-stah Rare
Origin: From zar (tsar), via Russian tsar', from Latin Caesar.
Usage Note
Zarista refers to anything pertaining to the Russian imperial tsarist regime. As an adjective ending in -ista, it is invariable for gender: il regime zarista / la Russia zarista. Its plural is zaristi (m) / zariste (f).
Examples
"Il regime zarista cadde nel 1917."
Natural Translation
The tsarist regime fell in 1917.

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