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Ancient Rus' Kievan Rusʹ, also known as Kyivan Rusʹ ( orv, , Rusĭ, or , , ; Old Norse: ''Garðaríki''), was a state in Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical Atlas of ...
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Tsardom of Russia The Tsardom of Russia or Tsardom of Rus' also externally referenced as the Tsardom of Muscovy, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of Tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter I ...
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Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War ...
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Russian Republic The Russian Republic,. referred to as the Russian Democratic Federal Republic. in the 1918 Constitution, was a short-lived state which controlled, ''de jure'', the territory of the former Russian Empire after its proclamation by the Rus ...
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Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
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Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
. It does not include regents, acting rulers, rulers of the separatist states in the territory of Russia, persons who applied for the post of ruler, but did not join it, rebel leaders who do not control the capital, and the nominal heads of the Russian SFSR.


Princes of Ancient Rus' (862–1547)


Princes of Novgorod (862–882)

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Rurik Rurik (also Ryurik; orv, Рюрикъ, Rjurikŭ, from Old Norse '' Hrøríkʀ''; russian: Рюрик; died 879); be, Рурык, Ruryk was a semi-legendary Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who in the year 862 was invited to reign in Novgor ...
(862 — 879)


Grand Princes of Kiev (882–1157)

* Oleg the Seer (882 — fall 912) *
Igor I Igor may refer to: People * Igor (given name), an East Slavic given name and a list of people with the name * Mighty Igor (1931–2002), former American professional wrestler * Igor Volkoff, a professional wrestler from NWA All-Star Wrestling * ...
(912 — fall 945) *
Olga of Kiev Olga ( orv, Вольга, Volĭga; (); russian: Ольга (); uk, Ольга (). Old Norse: '; Lith: ''Alge''; Christian name: ''Elena''; c. 890–925 – 969) was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 960. Following ...
(fall 945 — after 959) * Sviatoslav I (after 959 — March 972) * Yaropolk I (972 — June 11, 978) *
Vladimir the Great Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych ( orv, Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь, ''Volodiměrъ Svętoslavičь'';, ''Uladzimir'', russian: Владимир, ''Vladimir'', uk, Володимир, ''Volodymyr''. Se ...
(June 11, 978 — July 15, 1015) * Sviatopolk the Cursed (July 1015 — Fall 1016) *
Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav the Wise or Yaroslav I Vladimirovich; russian: Ярослав Мудрый, ; uk, Ярослав Мудрий; non, Jarizleifr Valdamarsson; la, Iaroslaus Sapiens () was the Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 until his death. He was al ...
(fall 1016 — July 22, 1018) * Sviatopolk the Cursed (August 14, 1018 — 1019) * Yaroslav the Wise (1019 — February 20, 1054) * Iziaslav I (February 1054 — September 15, 1068) * Vseslav the Sorcerer (September 15, 1068 — April 1069) * Iziaslav I (again) (May 2, 1069 — March 1073) * Sviatoslav II (March 22, 1073 — December 27, 1076) *
Vsevolod I Vsevolod I Yaroslavich (Russian: Всеволод I Ярославич, Ukrainian: Всеволод I Ярославич, Old Norse: Vissivald) (c. 1030 – 13 April 1093), ruled as Grand Prince of Kiev from 1078 until his death. Early lif ...
(January 1, 1077 — July 1077) * Iziaslav I (third time) (July 15, 1077 — October 3, 1078) *
Vsevolod I Vsevolod I Yaroslavich (Russian: Всеволод I Ярославич, Ukrainian: Всеволод I Ярославич, Old Norse: Vissivald) (c. 1030 – 13 April 1093), ruled as Grand Prince of Kiev from 1078 until his death. Early lif ...
(October 1078 — April 13, 1093) * Sviatopolk II (April 24, 1093 — April 16, 1113) *
Vladimir Monomakh Vladimir II Monomakh (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Мономахъ, ''Volodiměrŭ Monomakhŭ''; uk, Володимир Мономах, translit=Volodymyr Monomakh; russian: Владимир Мономах; Christian name: ''Vasiliy'' ...
(April 20, 1113 — May 19, 1125) * Mstislav I (May 20, 1125 — April 15, 1132) * Yaropolk II (April 17, 1132 — February 18, 1139) * Viacheslav I (February 22 — March 4, 1139) * Vsevolod II (March 5, 1139 — August 1, 1146) * Igor II (August 2 — 13, 1146) * Iziaslav II (August 13, 1146 — after August 23, 1149) * Yuri the Long Hands (August 28, 1149 — August 1150) * Viacheslav I (August 1150) * Iziaslav II (August 1150) * Yuri the Long Hands (August 1150 — early 1151) * Iziaslav II (March 1151 — November 13, 1154) * Rostislav I (December 1154) * Iziaslav III (December 1154 — March 1155) * Yuri the Long Hands (March 20, 1155 — May 15, 1157)·


Grand Princes of Vladimir (1157–1340)

* Andrey the Pious (June 4, 1157 — June 29, 1174) * Mikhalko I (1174) * Yaropolk III (September 1174 — June 15, 1175) * Mikhalko I (June 15, 1175 — June 20, 1176) *
Vsevolod the Big Nest Vsevolod III Yuryevich, or Vsevolod the Big Nest ( rus, Все́волод III Ю́рьевич Большо́е Гнездо́, Vsévolod III Yúr'yevich Bol'shóye Gnezdó) (1154–1212), was Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1176 to 1212. Durin ...
(June 1176 — April 15, 1212) * Yuri II (April 1212 — April 27, 1216) *
Konstantin of Rostov Konstantin Vsevolodovich (russian: Константи́н Все́володович) (18 May 1186 in Rostov – 2 February 1218) was the eldest son of Vsevolod the Big Nest and Maria Shvarnovna. In 1206 and 1207, he was the prince of Novg ...
(April 1216 — February 2, 1218) * Yuri II (February 1218 — March 4, 1238) * Yaroslav II (1238 — September 30, 1246) * Sviatoslav III (1246 — early 1248) *
Mikhail Khorobrit Mikhail Yaroslavich Khorobrit (The Brave) (russian: Михайл Ярославич Хоробрит) was Prince of Moscow (1246–1248) and Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1248. He was a younger brother of Aleksandr Nevsky and he and his son, Boris ...
(early 1248 — winter 1248/1249) * Andrey II (December 1249 — July 24, 1252) *
Alexander Nevsky Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; ; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod (1236–40, 1241–56 and 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Gran ...
(1252 — November 14, 1263) * Yaroslav of Tver (1264 — 1272) * Vasily of Costroma (1272 — January 1277) *
Dmitry of Pereslavl Dmitri (russian: Дми́трий); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτρι ...
(1277 — 1281) * Andrey of Gorodets (1281 — 1283) * Dmitry of Pereslavl (December 1283-1293) * Andrey of Gorodets (1293 — July 27, 1304) * Michael of Tver (autumn 1304 — November 22, 1318) * Dmitry the Fearsome Eyes (1318 — November 2, 1322) * Alexander of Tver (1322 — September 15, 1326) * Alexander of Susdal (1326 — 1328) * Ivan I Kalita (1331 — March 31, 1340)


Grand Dukes of Moscow (1325–1547)

* Ivan I Kalita (November 21, 1325 — March 31, 1340) * Simeon the Proud (March 31, 1340 — April 26, 1353) * Ivan II the Red (April 26, 1353 — November 13, 1359) * Dmitry of the Don (13 November 1359 — 19 May 1389) * Vasily I (May 19, 1389 — February 27, 1425) * Vasily II the Dark (February 27, 1425 — April 25, 1433) * Yury of Zvenigorod (spring — summer 1433) * Vasily II the Dark (summer 1433 — March 31, 1434) * Yury of Zvenigorod (March 31 — June 5, 1434) * Vasily the Squint (June 5 — July 1434) * Vasily II the Dark (July 1434 — July 7, 1445) * Dmitry Shemyaka (July 7 - October 26, 1445) * Vasily II the Dark (October 26, 1445 — February 13, 1446) * Dmitry Shemyaka (February 12, 1446 — February 17, 1447) * Vasily II the Dark (February 17, 1447 — March 27, 1462) *
Ivan III the Great Ivan III Vasilyevich (russian: Иван III Васильевич; 22 January 1440 – 27 October 1505), also known as Ivan the Great, was a Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of all Rus'. Ivan served as the co-ruler and regent for his bli ...
(March 27, 1462 — October 27, 1505) * Vasili III (October 27, 1505 — December 4, 1533) * Ivan IV the Terrible (December 4, 1533 — January 16, 1547)


Tsars of Russia (1547–1721)


Rurik Rurik (also Ryurik; orv, Рюрикъ, Rjurikŭ, from Old Norse '' Hrøríkʀ''; russian: Рюрик; died 879); be, Рурык, Ruryk was a semi-legendary Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who in the year 862 was invited to reign in Novgor ...
(1547–1598)

* Ivan IV the Terrible (January 16, 1547 — March 18, 1584) **
Simeon Bekbulatovich Simeon Bekbulatovich (russian: Симеон Бекбулатович; born Sain-Bulat, russian: Саин-Булат; died 5 January 1616) was a Russian statesman of Tatar origin, descendant of Genghis Khan, who briefly served as a figurehead rul ...
(no later than October 30, 1575 — no earlier than July 18, 1576) *
Feodor I Fyodor I Ivanovich (russian: Фёдор I Иванович) or Feodor I Ioannovich (russian: Феодор I Иоаннович; 31 May 1557 – 17 January (NS) 1598), also known as Feodor the Bellringer (russian: Феодор Звонарь), ...
(March 19, 1584 — January 7, 1598)


Godunovs (1598–1605)

* Irina Godunova (January 7 — January 15, 1598) *
Boris Godunov Borís Fyodorovich Godunóv (; russian: Борис Фёдорович Годунов; 1552 ) ruled the Tsardom of Russia as ''de facto'' regent from c. 1585 to 1598 and then as the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. After the end of his ...
(February 17, 1598 — April 13, 1605) * Feodor II (April 13 — June 1, 1605)


Time of Troubles The Time of Troubles (russian: Смутное время, ), or Smuta (russian: Смута), was a period of political crisis during the Tsardom of Russia which began in 1598 with the death of Fyodor I (Fyodor Ivanovich, the last of the Rurik dy ...
(1605–1613)

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False Dmitriy I False Dmitry I ( rus, Лжедмитрий I, Lzhedmitriy I) (or Pseudo-Demetrius I) reigned as the Tsar of Russia from 10 June 1605 until his death on 17 May 1606 under the name of Dmitriy Ivanovich ( rus, Дмитрий Иванович). ...
(June 20, 1605 — May 17, 1606) * Vasili IV Shuysky (May 19, 1606 — July 17, 1610) * Seven Boyars ** Fedor Mstislavsky (July 17, 1610 — October 22, 1612) *Zemsky government ** Dmitry Trubetskoy (fall 1612 — spring 1613)


Romanovs The House of Romanov (also transcribed Romanoff; rus, Романовы, Románovy, rɐˈmanəvɨ) was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after the Tsarina, Anastasia Romanova, was married to t ...
(1613–1721)

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Michael Romanov Michael I (Russian: Михаил Фёдорович Романов, ''Mikhaíl Fyódorovich Románov'') () became the first Russian tsar of the House of Romanov after the Zemskiy Sobor of 1613 elected him to rule the Tsardom of Russia. He ...
(February 21, 1613 — July 13, 1645) *
Alexis I Aleksey Mikhaylovich ( rus, Алексе́й Миха́йлович, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ; – ) was the Tsar of Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676. While finding success in foreign affairs, his reign saw several wars ...
(July 13, 1645 — January 29, 1676) * Feodor III (January 30, 1676 — April 27, 1682) *
Ivan V Ivan V Alekseyevich (russian: Иван V Алексеевич; – ) was Tsar of Russia between 1682 and 1696, jointly ruling with his younger half-brother Peter I. Ivan was the youngest son of Alexis I of Russia by his first wife, Mari ...
(April 27, 1682 — January 29, 1696) * Peter I the Great (April 27, 1682 — October 22, 1721)


Emperors of Russia (1721–1917) (Romanovs)

* Peter I the Great (October 22, 1721 — January 28, 1725) * Catherine I (January 28, 1725 — May 6, 1727) * Peter II (May 6, 1727 — January 19, 1730) *
Anna Ioannovna Anna Ioannovna (russian: Анна Иоанновна; ), also russified as Anna Ivanovna and sometimes anglicized as Anne, served as regent of the duchy of Courland from 1711 until 1730 and then ruled as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740. Much ...
(February 4, 1730 — October 17, 1740) *
Ivan VI Ivan VI,; – (Julian calendar should be used in this article) Iván or Ioánn Antónovich (12 August 1740 5 July 1764) was an infant emperor of Russia who was overthrown by his cousin Elizabeth Petrovna in 1741. He was only two months old when ...
(October 17, 1740 — November 25, 1741) * Elizabeth Petrovna (November 25, 1741 — December 25, 1761) * Peter III (December 25, 1761 — June 28, 1762) *
Catherine II the Great , en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes , house = , father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst , mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp , birth_date = , birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anhal ...
(June 28, 1762 — November 6, 1796) * Paul I (November 6, 1796 — March 11, 1801) *
Alexander I Alexander I may refer to: * Alexander I of Macedon, king of Macedon 495–454 BC * Alexander I of Epirus (370–331 BC), king of Epirus * Pope Alexander I (died 115), early bishop of Rome * Pope Alexander I of Alexandria (died 320s), patriarch of A ...
(March 12, 1801 — November 19, 1825) * Nicholas I (November 19, actually from December 13, 1825 — February 18, 1855) * Alexander II (February 18, 1855 — March 1, 1881) * Alexander III (March 1, 1881 — October 20, 1894) *
Nicholas II Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Pol ...
(October 20, 1894 — March 2, 1917)


Chairmen of the Provisional Government (1917)

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Georgy Lvov Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov (7/8 March 1925) was a Russian aristocrat and statesman who served as the first prime minister of Russia, prime minister of Russian Provisional Government, republican Russia from 15 March to 20 July 1917. During ...
(March 2 (15) — July 8 (21), 1917) *
Alexander Kerensky Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky, ; original spelling: ( – 11 June 1970) was a Russian lawyer and revolutionary who led the Russian Provisional Government and the short-lived Russian Republic for three months from late July to early Novem ...
(July 8 (21) — October 25 (November 7), 1917)


Leaders of Soviet Russia (1917–1991)

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Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1 ...
(November 8, 1917 — January 21, 1924) *
Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet Union, Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as Ge ...
(January 21, 1924 — March 5, 1953) *
Georgy Malenkov Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov ( – 14 January 1988) was a Soviet politician who briefly succeeded Joseph Stalin as the leader of the Soviet Union. However, at the insistence of the rest of the Presidium, he relinquished control over the p ...
(March 5, 1953 — February 8, 1955) *
Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev s ...
(February 8, 1955 — October 14, 1964) *
Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1964 and 1 ...
(October 14, 1964 — November 10, 1982) *
Yuri Andropov Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (– 9 February 1984) was the sixth paramount leader of the Soviet Union and the fourth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. After Leonid Brezhnev's 18-year rule, Andropov served in the ...
(November 12, 1982 — February 9, 1984) *
Konstantin Chernenko Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko uk, Костянтин Устинович Черненко, translit=Kostiantyn Ustynovych Chernenko (24 September 1911 – 10 March 1985) was a Soviet politician and the seventh General Secretary of the Commu ...
(February 13, 1984 — March 10, 1985) *
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Com ...
(March 11, 1985 — December 25, 1991)


Presidents of Russia (1991–present)

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Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
(July 10, 1991 — December 31, 1999) *
Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
(May 7, 2000 — May 7, 2008)Acting President until May 7, 2000. *
Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...
(May 7, 2008 — May 7, 2012) *
Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
(May 7, 2012 – Present)


See also

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List of heads of government of Russia Approximately 38 people have been head of the Russian government since its establishment in 1905. The Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire, created in November 1905, was preceded by a number of cabinet-like institutions. Oldest of them ...
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List of heads of state of Russia This is the list of the heads of state of Russia after the monarchy had been abolished in 1917. Russian Republic (1917–1918) With the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II after the February Revolution of 1917, power in Russia passed to the Prov ...
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Premier of the Soviet Union The Premier of the Soviet Union (russian: Глава Правительства СССР) was the head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The office had four different names throughout its existence: Chairman of th ...
* Bald–hairy (political joke)


Notes and references


Literature

* Руководители России, СССР, РФ (862—2004) // Большая российская энциклопедия. Том «Россия». — М., 2004. * История России. Т. 1. С древнейших времён до второй половины XIX века. Т. 2. История России. Вторая половина XIX—XX вв. Курс лекций / Под ред. проф. Б. В. Личмана. — Екатеринбург: Урал. гос. техн. ун-т. 1995.
''Махновец Л. Е.'' Великi князi киівськi // Летопись Русский / Под Ипатским списком. — К., 1989.
* Князья крупнейших княжеств (сост. В. А. Кучкин) // Древняя Русь в средневековом мире. — М., 2014.
Состав руководящих органов ЦК Коммунистической Партии (1919—1990)
// Известия ЦК КПСС. — 1990. — № 7.


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