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
Sviatopolk I
1015-1019
1019-1054
Iziaslav I
1054-1073; 1077-1078
1073-1076
1078-1093
Sviatopolk II
1093-1113
1113-1125
1125-1132
1132-1139
1139-1146
Iziaslav II
1146-1154
1154-1157
Iziaslav III
1157-1159
1159-1167
1167-1169
1174-1176
1176-1212
1216-1218
1238-1246
1246-1249
1264-1271
1277-1281
1325-1341
1341-1353
1353-1359
1359-1389
1462-1505
1533-1584
1574-1576
1584-1598
1598-1605
1605
1605-1606
1613-1645
1645-1676
1676-1682
1682-1696
1730-1740
1740-1741
862-879
945-972
972-980