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boyar
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Definition:
Russian nobility responsible for both civil and military administration. They were one step below a prince. Leo Tolstoy's father was one.
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A general with a brilliant suite galloped off at once to fetch the
boyars
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Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 11 (Book Eleven)
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After serving for a short time in the army he retired in 1824, and led the life of a Russian
boyar
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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