List of Russian rulers

At different times, a ruler in Kievan Rus'/Muscovy/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).

Andrew I (1168 - 1174), 1st Grand Prince of Vladimir
Michael I (1174 - 1176), 2nd Grand Prince of Vladimir
Vsevolod III (1176 - 1212), 3rd Grand Prince of Vladimir
George II (1212 - 1216), 4th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Constantine I (1216 - 1218), 5th Grand Prince of Vladimir
George II (1218 - 1238), restored
Yaroslav II (1238 - 1246), 6th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Sviatoslav III (1246 - 1249), 7th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Andrew II (1249 - 1252), 8th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Alexander Nevsky (1252 - 1263), 9th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Yaroslav III (1264 - 1271), 10th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Vasily of Kostroma (1272 - 1277), 11th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Dmitri of Pereslavl (1277 - 1294), 12th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Andrew of Gorodets (1294 - 1304), 13th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Michael of Tver (1304 - 1318), 14th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Yuri of Moscow (1318 - 1322), 15th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Dmitry of Tver (1322 - 1326), 16th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Alexander of Tver (1326 - 1327), 17th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Ivan I of Moscow (Ivan the Moneybag) (1328 - 1341), 18th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Simeon of Moscow (Simeon the Proud) (1341 - 1353), 19th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Ivan II of Moscow (Ivan the Fair) (1353 - 1359), 20th Grand Prince of Vladimir
Dmitri of Suzdal (1359 - 1362), 21st Grand Prince of Vladimir

Main article: Grand Prince of Moscow.

Dmitri Donskoi (1359 - 1389)
Vasili I (1389 - 1425)
Vasili II (Vasili the Blind) (1425 - 1462)
Ivan III (Ivan the Great) (1462 - 1505) - first Sovereign for all Russia
Vasili III (1505 - 1533)
Grand Duchess Elena Glinskaya (regent for her son, Ivan IV, 1533 - 1538)
- Boyars Shuiskys and Boyars Belskys (1538 - 1547)
Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) (1533 - 1574) - first Tsar
Simeon Bekbulatovich (1574 - 1576) formally crowned "Grand Prince of the whole Russia" by Ivan the Terrible

Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) (1576 - 1584)
Feodor I (1584 - 1598) - last of the reigning Rurikids
Boris Godunov (1598 - 1605)
Feodor II (1605)
False Dmitri I (1605 - 1606)
Vasili IV (1606 - 1610) - also a Rurikid, though

Succession broken due to Time of Troubles

Seven Boyars (1610 - 1610)
Władysław IV Vasa (1610 - 1612) In 1610 he was elected a Tsar of Russia however was never able to take the Muscovite throne and used the title of Grand Duke of Moscow

Michael I (1613 - 1645) - first of the Romanovs: elected Tsar on February 21, 1613, following the Time of Troubles
- Patriarch Filaret (Feodor Romanov) (1613 - 1633) (de-facto ruler of Russia during the reign of his son, Mikhail Feodorovich)
Aleksey I (1645 - 1676)
Feodor III (1676 - 1682)
Sophia Alekseyevna (1682-1689) (was a regent of Russia in the time of joint ruler Peter I with Ivan V)
Ivan V (1682 - 1696) (joint ruler with Peter I)
Peter I (Peter the Great) (1682 - 1721) (joint ruler with Ivan V until 1696)

Peter I (Peter the Great) (1721 - 1725)
Catherine I (1725 - 1727)
Peter II (1727 - 1730)
Anna Ioannovna (1730 - 1740)
- Ernst Johann von Biron (17.10.1640 - 9.111640) (On her death-bed Anna, very unwillingly and only at his urgent entreaty, appointed him regent during the minority of the baby emperor, Ivan VI of Russia)
Anna Leopoldovna (9.11.1640 - 25 .11.1641) (was a regent of Russia during the minority of her baby son Ivan VI)
Ivan VI (17.10.1740 - 25.11.1741)
Elizabeth (1741 - 1762)
Peter III (1762)
Catherine II (Catherine the Great) (1762 - 1796)
Paul I (1796 - 1801)
Alexander I (Alexander the Blessed) (1801 - 1825)
Konstantin Pavlovich (Constantine I ) (November 27, 1825 - December 25, 1825) (After Alexander I death during 16 days was considered as emperor and autocrat of All-Russia Konstantin I. December 25,1825 has renounced a throne.)
Nicholas I (1825 - 1855)
Alexander II (Alexander the Liberator) (1855 - 1881)
Alexander III (1881 - 1894)
Saint Nicholas II The Passion Bearer (Tsar Martyr Nicholas) (1894 - 1917)
Michael II (March 15-March 16, 1917, disputed)

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