The History of Russian political leaders, Tsars (Czars) and rulers in Russia

 

Russian Leaders, Tsars (Czars) and Rulers in Russia:

 

Rurik of Novgorod: 862-882
Oleg of Kiev: 882-912
Svyatslav: 962-972
Vladimir I: 980-1015
Yaroslav the Wise: 1019-1054
Vladimir II Monomakh: 1113-1125
Yury Dolgoruky: 1149-1157
Andrey Bogolyubov: 1157-1174
Alexander Nevsky: 1252-1263
Daniil of Moscow: 1276-1303
Ivan I (Kalita): 1325-1340
Dmitry Donskoy: 1359-1389
Ivan III (the Great): 1462-1505
Vasily III: 1505-1533
Yelena (Regent): 1533-1547
Ivan IV (the Terrible): 1547-1584
Fyodor I: 1584-1598
Boris Godunov: 1598-1605
False Dmitry: 1605-1606
Vasily Shuysky: 1606-1610
Mikhail Romanov: 1613-1645
Alexey: 1645-1676
Fyodor III: 1676-1682
Peter I and Ivan V (Regent-- Sofia):1682-1689
Peter I and Ivan V: 1689-1696
Peter I (the Great): 1696-1725
Catherine I: 1725-1727
Peter II: 1727-1730
Anna: 1730-1740
Elizabeth: 1741-1761
Peter III: 1761-1762
Catherine II (the Great): 1762-1796
Paul I: 1796-1801
Alexander I: 1801-1825
Nicholas I: 1825-1855
Alexander II: 1855-1881
Alexander III: 1881-1894
Nicholas II: 1894-1917
Alexander Kerensky: 1917
Vladimir Lenin: 1917-1924
Josef Stalin: 1929-1953
Nikita Khrushchev: 1957-1964
Leonid Brezhnev: 1964-1982
Yury Andropov: 1982-1984
Konstantin Chernenko: 1984-1985
Mikhail Gorbachev: 1985-1991
Boris Yeltsin: 1991-1999
Vladimir Putin: 2000-present

 

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