List of Russian rulers

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

At different times, a ruler in Kievan Rus'/Rus' principalities/Imperial Russia bore the title of Kniaz (translated as Duke or Prince), Velikiy Kniaz (translated as Grand Duke, Grand Prince or Great Prince), Tsar, Emperor.

The Patriarchs, heads of the Russian Orthodox Church, also sometimes acted as the leaders of Russia — as, for example, during the Polish occupation and interregnum of 1610—1613 (see List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow).

Contents

[edit] Grand Princes of Novgorod and Kiev (c. 860-1240)

See Rulers of Kievan Rus'

[edit] Grand Princes of Vladimir-Suzdal (to 1238)

[edit] Rus' Grand Princes (of Vladimir) under the Horde (1238-1380)

Grand Prince of Vladimir, Alexander Nevsky 1252-1263
Grand Prince of Vladimir, Alexander Nevsky 1252-1263
Honor of leadership the Rus' delegated in theory and practice by Khan at Sarai

[edit] Grand Princes of Vladimir-Moscow (1380-1547)

Grand Prince of Moscow, Ivan III
Grand Prince of Moscow, Ivan III
Honor monopolized by rulers of Moscow principality, but see also Grand Prince (of Lithuania)

[edit] Rurik Dynasty

[edit] Tsars of Russia (1547-1721)

[edit] Rurik Dynasty

Portrait Name Born - Died Tsar From Tsar Until
Ivan IV (the Terrible) 1530 - 1584 26 January 1547 28 March 1584
Feodor I 1557 - 1598 28 March 1584 17 January 1598

[edit] Time of Troubles (1598 - 1613)

[edit] Godunov Dynasty

Portrait Name Born - Died Tsar From Tsar Until
Boris Godunov 1550/ c. 1551 - 1605 3 March 1598 23 April 1605
Feodor II 1589 - 1605 23 April 1605 11 June 1605

[edit] Usurper

Portrait Name Born - Died Tsar From Tsar Until
False Dmitri I 1581 - 1606 30 June 1605 27 May 1606

[edit] Shuisky Dynasty

Portrait Name Born - Died Tsar From Tsar Until
Vasili IV Shuisky 1552 - 1612 27 May 1606 27 July 1610

[edit] Council of Seven Boyars (27 July 1610 - 4 November 1612)

(From 6 September 1610 for absent Władysław IV Vasa):

  • Prince Fyodor Ivanovich Mstislavsky
  • Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Vorotynsky (to March 1611)
  • Mikhail Fyodorovich Nagoy (from March 1611)
  • Prince Andrey Vasilyevich Trubetskoy
  • Prince Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn (to 8 April 1611)
  • Ivan Simeyonovich Kurakin (from 8 April 1611)
  • Prince Boris Mikhailovich Lykov-Obolenskiy
  • Ivan Nikitich Romanov
  • Fyodor Ivanovich Sheremetev


[edit] Council of All the Land (17 April 1611 - 26 July 1613)

(In opposition to the Poles and Władysław IV Vasa):

[edit] Romanov Dynasty

Portrait Name Born - Died Tsar From Tsar Until
Michael I 1596 - 1645 21 July 1613 23 July 1645
Aleksey I 1629 - 1676 23 July 1645 7 February 1676
Feodor III 1661 - 1682 7 February 1676 7 May 1682
Peter I (Peter the Great) 1672 - 1725 7 May 1682 (joint ruler with Ivan V until 1696) ( 1682-1689: Regency of Sophia Alekseyevna) 2 November 1721 (proclaimed Emperor of All Russia)
Ivan V (joint ruler with Peter I) 1666 - 1696 2 June 1682 8 February 1696

[edit] Emperors of Russia (1721 - 1917)

(Also Grand Dukes of Finland from 1809 until 1917; and Kings of Poland from 1815 until 1916)

[edit] Romanov Dynasty

Portrait Name Born - Died Emperor From Emperor Until
Peter I (the Great) 1672 - 1725 2 November 1721 8 February 1725
Catherine I 1684 - 1727 8 February 1725 17 May 1727
Peter II 1715 - 1730 18 May 1727 30 January 1730
Anna 1693 - 1740 13 February 1730 28 October 1740
Ivan VI 1740 - 1764 28 October 1740 6 December 1741
Elizabeth 1709 - 1762 6 December 1741 5 January 1762
Peter III 1728 - 1762 5 January 1762 9 July 1762(murdered)
Catherine II (the Great) 1729 - 1796 9 July 1762 17 November 1796
Paul I (the Mad) 1754 - 1801 17 November 1796 23 March/24 March 1801 (assassinated)
Alexander I (the Blessed) 1777 - 1825 24 March 1801 1 December 1825
Constantine I 1779 - 1831 1 December 1825 26 December 1825 (abdicated)
Nicholas I 1796 - 1855 26 December 1825 2 March 1855
Alexander II (the Liberator) 1818 - 1881 2 March 1855 13 March 1881 (assassinated)
Alexander III (the Peace-maker) 1845 - 1894 13 March 1881 1 November 1894
Nicholas II (the Martyr) 1868 - 1918 1 November 1894 15 March 1917 (abdicated)
Michael II (was named by Nicholas II as his successor, but formally rejected the crown) 1878 - 1918 15 March 1917 16 March 1917 (rejected offer of crown)

See List of leaders of Russia for the continuation of leadership.

[edit] Pretenders to the Russian throne since 1917

See Line of succession to the Russian throne



[edit] See also

[edit] External links

v • d • e
Sovereign Monarchs of Russia
Tsars of Russia
Ivan IV · Feodor I · Boris Godunov · Feodor II · False Dmitriy I · Vasili IV · Władysław IV (formally) · Michael I · Alexis I · Feodor III · Ivan V and Peter I (Co-Tsars) · Peter I
Emperors of Russia