This is an Article about the Rulers of the Russian State between the years 1492 and whenever Principia Moderni will finish. Not all of these are real people, due to minor PoDs during the timeline, some are real and some are false, as are their dates of reign.
the list will start upon the year 1493, even if Ivan III started his rule in
If a regent is present, the year of sole rule (rule without a regent) is presented in brackets.
ex. 1332(1400) means that the reign of king X officially started in 1332, but before 1400 a regent ruled in his place. and he only started self-rule in 1400
Grand Princes of the Union of Greater Russia[]
Portrait | Name | Reign Started | Reign Ended | Notes |
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Ivan III |
1462(muscovy) 1493(UGR) |
1505 | United Novgorod and Moscow | |
Vassili III | 1505 | 1533 | son of Ivan | |
Ivan IV | 1533(1544) | 1547 |
son of Vassili, ascended to throne at age of 3 regent Byar families ruled from 1533-1544 |
Tsars (and Grand Dukes) of all Russias And Lithuania[]
Rurikids[]
Portrait | Name | Reign Started | Reign Ended | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ivan IV | 1547 | 1584 |
First Tsar of Russia, engaged in first Russo-Swedish conflict | |
Ivan V | 1584 | 1598 | Son of Ivan IV | |
None Available | Dimitri I | 1598 | 1608 | Died Childless. Beginning of interdynastic period |
Transdynastic[]
Portrait | Name | Reign Started | Reign Ended | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vassili IV shuiski | 1608 | 1610 |
Highly demonized for war against China and Asia. Severed alliance with Anglo-Germany | |
Council of Boyars | Zemski sobor | June 1610 | October 1610 | seved until new tsar elected |
Romanov[]
Portrait | Name | Reign Started | Reign Ended | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mihail I Romanov | 1610 | 1645 | Relative(nephew?) of Ivan IV's first wife | |
Alexi I Romanov | 1645 | 1679 | ||
Feodor I Romanov | 1679 | 1682 | ||
Ivan VI | 1682(1689) | 1699 | co-Tsar with Peter I until death in 1699 | |
Peter (Pyotr) I "The Great" | 1682(1689) | 1708 | Became Emperor |
Emperors and Autocrats of All the Russias (and Lithuania)[]
Portrait | Name | Reign Started | Reign Ended | Notes |
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Peter (Pyotr) I "the Gerat" | 1708 | 1725 | left throne to unknown man | |
Catherine I of Russia | 1725 | 1727 | wife of Peter | |
Peter(Pyotr) II | 1727 | 1737 | Grandson of Peter I | |
Catherine II | 1737 | 1742 | Wife of Peter II, second woman to ascend to the throne | |
Elizabeth I | 1742 | 1763 | Daughter of Peter I | |
Peter III | February 1763 | May 1763 | Nephew of Elizabeth | |
Catherine III "The Great" | 1763 | 1797 | Wife of Peter III, | |
Paul I | 1797 | 1801 | Changed title to High Tsar of Poland-Lithuania, Son of Catherine III | |
Alexander I | 1801 | 1825 | ||
Constantine I | 1825 | 1831 | Brother of Alexander, Lifted Pauline Law | |
Maria I | 1831 | 185 | ||
Paul II | ||||
Alexander II | 1897 | |||
Nicolas I | 1897 | Incumbent |
Regents of Russia[]
Portrait | Name | Regency Started | Regency Ended | Notes |
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Boyar Fmilies | Various | 1533 | 1544 | many coups as boyar families competed for power. Ivan became of age in 1544 and many of these were deported or executed |
Sophia Alexeevna Romanova | 1682 | 1689 | Forcibly Sent to the Convent by peter in 1689 after desiring of Sophia to have more power | |