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   ukase

   /juːˈkeɪz/

   noun

   • 1. (in tsarist Russia) a decree with the force of law: "Tsar Alexander I issued his famous ukase unilaterally decreeing the North Pacific Coast Russian territory"
   • ▪ an arbitrary or peremptory command: "he was defying the publisher in the very building from which he had issued his ukase"

   Word Origin from Russian ukaz ‘ordinance, edict’, from ukazatʹ ‘show, decree’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Russian_colonization_of_North_AmericaRussian colonization of North America - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Russian expansion eastward began in 1552, and in 1639 Russian explorers reached the Pacific Ocean. In 1725, Emperor Peter the Great ordered navigator Vitus Bering to explore the North Pacific for potential colonization. The Russians were primarily interested in the abundance of fur-bearing mammals on Alaska's coast, as stocks had been depleted by overhunting in Siberia. Bering's first voyage ...