Namesakes
Grand Dukes and Tsars of Russia
The Scandinavian Varangian Rurik assumed power in Novgorod in the late 9th century. His successors, the Veliki Kniaz (Grand Dukes), ruled from Kiev, then Vladimir, and finally Moscow. Vladimir I converted to Christianity in 988. The Mongol Golden Horde dominated the region for two centuries from the 13th century. Ivan III first used the title Tsar (from Latin Caesar), though Ivan IV "the Terrible" was first formally crowned as such. After the Rurik line ended, the Romanov dynasty took power, ruling until Tsar Nikolai II was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1917. Four female rulers (tsaritsas) also reigned, most notably Catherine the Great.
70 results
Name
Years
Other Names
1645-1676
1730-1740
1598-1605
1277-1281
1605-1606
1359-1389
1584-1598
1605
1676-1682
1325-1341
1353-1359
1462-1505
1533-1584
1682-1696
1740-1741
Iziaslav I
1054-1073; 1077-1078
Iziaslav II
1146-1154
Iziaslav III
1157-1159
1216-1218
1174-1176
1613-1645
1125-1132
1167-1169
1159-1167
862-879
1341-1353
1574-1576
Sviatopolk I
1015-1019
Sviatopolk II
1093-1113
945-972
1073-1076
1246-1249
1113-1125
1078-1093
1139-1146
1176-1212
972-980
1132-1139
1019-1054
1238-1246
1264-1271
1154-1157