List of Russian rulers
At different times, a ruler in Ruthenia/Kievan Rus'/Muscovy/early Russia/Imperial Russia beared 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.
For pre-Muscovite Russia see also Rulers of Kievan Rus.
- Princes and Grand Princes
- Andrei Bogolyubsky (1168-1174), a Vladimir-Suzdal prince
- Vsevolod III (1176-1212)
- Yuri II (1212-1216)
- Konstantin (1216-1218)
- Yuri II (1218-1238)
- Yaroslav II (1238-1246)
- Svyatoslav III (1246-1249)
- Andrei II (1249-1252)
- Alexander Nevski (1252-1263)
- Yaroslav III (1264-1271)
- Vassili (1272-1277)
- Dimitri I (1277-1281)
- Andrei III (1281-1283)
- Daniel (1283-1303) - first prince of Moscow
- Yuri (1303-1325)
- Ivan I (1325-1341)
- Semeon (1341-1353)
- Ivan II (1353-1359)
- Dimitri (1359-1389)
- Vasili I (1389-1425)
- Vasili II (1425-1462)
- Ivan III (Ivan the Great) (1462-1505) - first Sovereign for all Russia
- Vasili III (1505-1533)
- Ivan IV (1533-1547)
- Tsars of All Russia, 1547-1721
- Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) (1547-1584)
- Simeon Bekbulatovich (1574-1576) (fake tsar set by Ivan IV)
- Feodor I (1584-1598) - last of the Riurikovich
- Boris Godunov (1598-1605)
- Feodor II (1605)
- False Dmitri I (1605-1606)
- Vasili IV (1606-1610)
- Ladislaus IV of Poland(1610-1613, 1634 he officially ended his claims)
- Michael I (1613-1645) - first of the Romanovs: elected Tsar following the Time of Troubles
- Aleksey I (1645-1676)
- Feodor III (1676-1682)
- Ivan V (1682-1696) (joint ruler with Peter I)
- Peter I (1682-1721) (joint ruler with Ivan V)
- Emperors of All Russia, 1721-1917
- Peter I (1721-1725)
- Catherine I (1725-1727)
- Peter II (1727-1730)
- Anne (1730-1740)
- Ivan VI (1740-1741)
- Elizabeth (1741-1762)
- Peter III (1762)
- Catherine II (1762-1796)
- Paul (1796-1801)
- Alexander I (1801-1825)
- Nicholas I (1825-1855)
- Alexander II (1855-1881)
- Alexander III (1881-1894)
- Nicholas II (1894-1917)
- Michael II (1917), he refused to become emperor, see Tsar article
- Emperor in exile
See List of leaders of Russia for the continuation of leadership.
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