The last copper copekcs of Tsarist Russia were minted in 1916.

沙皇俄国的最后一批铜制戈比铸于1916年。

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For the poorest, life here is still akin to serfdom—minus a tsarist order.

这里人们最贫穷，像生活在农奴时期，受强权压制。

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The signature says: "In tsarist Russia there was no children's dispensary." Nowadays there are 1700.

照片的配文说明为：“沙皇俄国时代，没有一个儿童医护所，现在已经有了1700个。”

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The Fandorin novels, a glamorous romp through tsarist Russia, have been best-sellers since the 1990s.

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But just remember what went before: 74 years of communism and centuries of tsarist despotism.

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The church was a pillar of the tsarist state, hounding pre-revolutionary dissenters such as Leo Tolstoy.

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