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Ukase (Russian: указ, ukaz) in Imperial Russia was a proclamation of the tsar government, or a religions leader patriarch that had the force of law. Adequate translations are edict or decree.
After the Russian Revolution, goverment proclamations of wide meaning were called decree (Russian: декрет, dekret); more specific proclamations are called ukase (указ). Both terms are usually translated as 'decree'.
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