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List of Russian rulers

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 IY)
  • 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

• • Cyril Romanov

See List of leaders of Russia for the continuation of leadership.