0 the leader of a country -- правитель
1 a flat, straight stick that is used to measure things -- линейка
In the end, some rulers complied with the administration and received compensation.
In other states, the descendants of the brothers of past rulers were eligible to rule.!
With a dense population, the people are freer from the oppression of the ruling elite since the rulers have more difficulty keeping them under surveillance.
By definition, imperial contexts create new power-relations between the rulers and the ruled and, while these may be very complex, they should not be neglected.
The rulers of today are perceived to a lesser degree than in the past as benefactors, albeit still as the most efficient potential protectors.
Democratisation is bound by a series of structural socio-economic factors as well as the ruler's carefully crafted process of gradual, yet controlled, opening.
As a result, many rulers turned to parochial and exclusive identity groups, such as ethnicity, for support.
His call for patriotism was one that strengthened rather than diminished the hierarchical relationship between rulers and ruled.
