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The White Czar is Peter the Great. Batyushka, Father dear, and Gosudar, Sovereign, are titles the Russian people are fond of giving to the Czar in their popular songs.
Dost thou see on the rampart's height / That wreath of mist, in the light / Of the midnight moon? O, hist! / It is not a wreath of mist; / It is the Czar, the White Czar, / Batyushka! Gosudar!