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This project aims to identify the Tsars and Emperors of Russia from Ivan "the Terrible" in 1547 to Nicholas II, who abdicated in 1917.
Overview ===
The Grand Duke Ivan IV (the "Awesome" or "the Terrible") was officially crowned the first Tsar ("Caesar") of Russia in 1547. The Tsar promulgated a new code of laws (Sudebnik of 1550), established the first Russian feudal representative body (Zemsky Sobor) and introduced local self-management into the rural regions.
The February Revolution, of 1917, forced Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate; he and his family were imprisoned and later executed during the Russian Civil War.
The monarchy was replaced by a shaky coalition of political parties that declared itself the Provisional Government. An alternative socialist establishment existed alongside, the Petrograd Soviet, wielding power through the democratically elected councils of workers and peasants, called Soviets.
The rule of the new authorities only aggravated the crisis in the country, instead of resolving it. Eventually, the October Revolution, led by Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Provisional Government and created the world’s first socialist state.
Rurik Dynasty (1547-1598)
- Ivan IV (Ива́н Четвёртый, Васи́льевич) 1547-1584
- Feodor I (Фёдор I Иванович) 1584-1598
Times of Trouble (1598-1610)
- Boris Fyodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в) 1598-1605
- Fyodor II Borisovich Godunov (Фёдор II Борисович) 1605-1605
- False Dmitriy I (Лжедмитрий) Usurper (claimed to be of the Rurik dynasty) 1606-1606
- Vasili IV (Василий IV Иванович Шуйский) 1606-1610
- False Dmitry II (Лжедимитрий II) Usurper (claimed to be of the Rurik dynasty) 1610-1610
House of Vasa (1610-1613)
- Władysław IV Vasa 1610-1612
Romanov Dynasty (1613–1696)
- Mikhail I Fyodorovich (Михаи́л Фёдорович) 1613-1645
- Alexei I Mikhailovich (Алексей Михайлович) 1645-1676
- Feodor (Theodore) III Alexeevich (Фёдор III Алексеевич) 1676-1682
- Peter I the Great (Пётр Алексе́евич Рома́но) 1682-1721 (Jointly with Ivan V 1682-1696)
- Ivan V Alekseyevich (Иван V Алексеевич) 1682-1696 (Jointly with Peter I)
Romanov Dynasty Emperors and Empresses (1696–1918)
- Peter I the Great (Пётр Алексе́евич Рома́но) 1721-1725
- Catherine I (Екатерина I Алексеевна)_ 1725-1727
- Pyotr (Peter) II Alekseyevich (Пётр II Алексеевич)_ 1727-1730
- Anna Ivanovna (Анна Ивановна)_ 1730-1740
- Ivan VI Antonovich (Иван VI; Иван Антонович)_ 1740-1741
- Elizaveta Petrovna (Елизаве́та (Елисаве́т) Петро́вн)_ 1741-1762
- Peter III (Пётр III Фëдорович)_ 1762-1762
- Catherine II (Екатерина II Великая) 1762-1796
- Paul I (Па́вел I Петро́вич) 1796-1801
- Alexander I (Александр I Павлович) 1801-1825
- Constantine Pavlovich 1825-1825 (Never reigned and never acceded the throne)
- Nicholas I (Николай I Павлович)_ 1825-1855
- Alexander II (Александр II Николаевич) 1855-1881
- Alexander III Alexandrovich (Александр III Александрович) 1881-1894
- Nicholas II (Николай II Александрович)_ 1894-1917
- Duke Michael Alexandrovich (Михаи́л Александровч)_ 1917-1917 (Never reigned)
- Nicholas II (Николай II Александрович)_ 1917-1918 (As pretender to the throne)
Suggested Reading
- Czars - Russia's Rulers for Over One Thousand Years By James P. Duffy, Vincent L. Ricci
This project aims to identify the Tsars and Emperors of Russia from Ivan "the Terrible" in 1547 to Nicholas II, who abdicated in 1917.
Overview ===
The Grand Duke Ivan IV (the "Awesome" or "the Terrible") was officially crowned the first Tsar ("Caesar") of Russia in 1547. The Tsar promulgated a new code of laws (Sudebnik of 1550), established the first Russian feudal representative body (Zemsky Sobor) and introduced local self-management into the rural regions.
The February Revolution, of 1917, forced Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate; he and his family were imprisoned and later executed during the Russian Civil War.
The monarchy was replaced by a shaky coalition of political parties that declared itself the Provisional Government. An alternative socialist establishment existed alongside, the Petrograd Soviet, wielding power through the democratically elected councils of workers and peasants, called Soviets.
The rule of the new authorities only aggravated the crisis in the country, instead of resolving it. Eventually, the October Revolution, led by Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Provisional Government and created the world’s first socialist state.
Rurik Dynasty (1547-1598)
- Ivan IV (Ива́н Четвёртый, Васи́льевич) 1547-1584
- Feodor I (Фёдор I Иванович) 1584-1598
Times of Trouble (1598-1610)
- Boris Fyodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в) 1598-1605
- Fyodor II Borisovich Godunov (Фёдор II Борисович) 1605-1605
- False Dmitriy I (Лжедмитрий) Usurper (claimed to be of the Rurik dynasty) 1606-1606
- Vasili IV (Василий IV Иванович Шуйский) 1606-1610
- False Dmitry II (Лжедимитрий II) Usurper (claimed to be of the Rurik dynasty) 1610-1610
House of Vasa (1610-1613)
- Władysław IV Vasa 1610-1612
Romanov Dynasty (1613–1696)
- Mikhail I Fyodorovich (Михаи́л Фёдорович) 1613-1645
- Alexei I Mikhailovich (Алексей Михайлович) 1645-1676
- Feodor (Theodore) III Alexeevich (Фёдор III Алексеевич) 1676-1682
- Peter I the Great (Пётр Алексе́евич Рома́но) 1682-1721 (Jointly with Ivan V 1682-1696)
- Ivan V Alekseyevich (Иван V Алексеевич) 1682-1696 (Jointly with Peter I)
Romanov Dynasty Emperors and Empresses (1696–1918)
- Peter I the Great (Пётр Алексе́евич Рома́но) 1721-1725
- Catherine I (Екатерина I Алексеевна)_ 1725-1727
- Pyotr (Peter) II Alekseyevich (Пётр II Алексеевич)_ 1727-1730
- Anna Ivanovna (Анна Ивановна)_ 1730-1740
- Ivan VI Antonovich (Иван VI; Иван Антонович)_ 1740-1741
- Elizaveta Petrovna (Елизаве́та (Елисаве́т) Петро́вн)_ 1741-1762
- Peter III (Пётр III Фëдорович)_ 1762-1762
- Catherine II (Екатерина II Великая) 1762-1796
- Paul I (Па́вел I Петро́вич) 1796-1801
- Alexander I (Александр I Павлович) 1801-1825
- Constantine Pavlovich 1825-1825 (Never reigned and never acceded the throne)
- Nicholas I (Николай I Павлович)_ 1825-1855
- Alexander II (Александр II Николаевич) 1855-1881
- Alexander III Alexandrovich (Александр III Александрович) 1881-1894
- Nicholas II (Николай II Александрович)_ 1894-1917
- Duke Michael Alexandrovich (Михаи́л Александровч)_ 1917-1917 (Never reigned)
- Nicholas II (Николай II Александрович)_ 1917-1918 (As pretender to the throne)
Suggested Reading
- Czars - Russia's Rulers for Over One Thousand Years By James P. Duffy, Vincent L. Ricci