Word: czar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...months later, on Jan. 22, 1901, Victoria died in the arms of her grandson Kaiser Wilhelm, whose devotion to her was widely advertised and believed. Few knew then that the Kaiser had recently tried to incite Russia against Victoria's Empire. In a secret message to the Czar, the Kaiser said: "Russia alone could paralyze the power of England and deal it, if need be, a mortal blow." If the Czar would order his armies against India, the Kaiser would guarantee that no European nation rose to Britain's defense...