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Ukase
Ukaz (plural Ukazy) (Russian: Ńказ, Ńказы) in Imperial Russia was a proclamation of the tsar, government, or a religions leader (patriarch) that had the force of law. An example is the "Ems ukase" forbidding the public use of Ukrainian.
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