Related Clues:

• Boris Godunov, e.g.
• Old totalitarian ruler
• Alexander, e.g.
• Exiled Irani
• Old Russian bigwig
• Pre-1917 bigwig
• Anticommunist leader
• Eastern ruler
• 26- or 55-Down
• Former Iranian monarch
• Rimsky-Korsakov's ''The Tale of ___ Saltan''
• Nicholas II, for one
• Despot of old
• Deposed despot
• Persian king