Related Clues:

• Romanov title (Var.)
• Peter or Ivan, e.g. (Var.)
• Former Winter Palace resident
• Boris Godunov, e.g.
• Old totalitarian ruler
• Alexander, e.g.
• Old Russian bigwig
• Pre-1917 bigwig
• Anticommunist leader
• 26- or 55-Down
• Rimsky-Korsakov's ''The Tale of ___ Saltan''
• Nicholas II, for one
• 4-Down, e.g.
• Despot of old
• Deposed despot