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Rulers of Russia. (A.D. 862-1917)
1. Rurik Dynasty
Princes
Rurik.......................................862-879
Oleg........................................879-912
Igor........................................913-945
Olga, his widow.............................945-969
Svyatoslav..................................962-972
Yaropolk....................................973-980
Vladimir, the Saint.........................980-1015
Svyatopolk.................................1015-1019
Yaroslav, the Wise.........................1036-1054
Vladimir Monomakh..........................1113-1125
Grand Princes of Moscow
Ivan I, Kalita.............................1328-1341
Simeon, the Proud..........................1341-1353
Ivan II, the Red...........................1353-1359
Dimitry II.................................1359-1362
Dimitry III, Donskoy.......................1362-1389
Vasilii Dimitrievitch I....................1389-1425
Vasilii Vasilievitch II...................1425-1462
Ivan III, the Great........................1462-1505
Vasilii Ivanovitch III.....................1505-1533
Tsars
Ivan IV, the Terrible......................1533-1584
Feodor Ivanovitch..........................1584-1598
The period from 1598 to 1613 is called "The Time of Troubles."
None of the rulers, including Boris Godunov (1598- 1605) who
reigned during this time of unrest and anarchy, was fully acknowledged.
2. Romanov Dynasty (1613-1917)
Tsars
Michael Feodorovitch .....................1613-1645
Alexei Mihkailovitch.......................1645-1676
Feodor Alexeyevitch........................1676-1682
Ivan V, and Peter I........................1682-1689
Emperors and Empresses
Peter I, the Great.........................1682-1725
Catherine I................................1725-1727
Peter II...................................1727-1730
Anna.......................................1730-1740
Ivan VI....................................1740-1741
Elizabeth..................................1741-1762
Peter III..................................1762
Catherine II, the Great....................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
Ivan III (The Great), Grand Prince of Moscow from 1462 to
1505, continued the policy of former rulers to strenghten leadership
of Moscow; he united the principalities surrounding Moscow into a
single Russian State. In 1480 Ivan III publicly declared the end of
Tatar yoke; he fought successfully against Poland, Livonia and
Lithuania and enchanced the political prestige of Russia. He also
published the first code of law. Ivan started to behave like a direct
heir of Byzantine throne. About this time, a scholarly Russian monk
developed in his writings the concept of a "Third Rome", which
identified Moscow as a true capital of Christendom, in a line of
succession through Rome and the recently fallen Constantinople. Ivan
III adopted the term "Tsar", a slavic contraction of the word
"Caesar", to refer himself.
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