Deferring indefinitely settlement of defaulted Czarist and other Soviet debt obligations to the United States (including Lend-Lease).

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Young Georgii and his mother were accorded czarist honors during their trip to Russia in May 1993.

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Depardieu has worked in Russia before, appearing in a historical film on czarist Russia and in ad campaigns.

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Zhukov was a budding furrier in Moscow when he was drafted into the czarist armies as a cavalryman during World War I.

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It should be remembered that the former Soviet Union defaulted on czarist debt owed to U.S. citizens and never settled those outstanding obligations.

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Only after 42 years did the czarist army finally subdue the mountainous region and make it part of the expanding Russian empire, in 1859.

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You came here to drink in the grandeur of the Winter Palace, to float down the majestic canals, to be transported to its gilded czarist opulence.

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The main Treasure Gallery most visitors are likely to see provides a hefty hors d'oeuvre portion of ancient gold works before segueing into various latter-day Czarist excesses (the diamond-crusted horse blanket, gift of a Turkish sultan, comes to mind).

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After the war, the British and French refused to give up their colonies without a fight, and the Soviet Union fueled a Cold War by attempting to restore, and build upon, the older czarist empire in eastern Europe and southern and western Asia.

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