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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 Novgo ...
(862 — 879)


Grand Princes of Kiev (882–1157)

* Oleg the Seer (882 — fall 912) *
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(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 (January 1, 1077 — July 1077) * Iziaslav I (third time) (July 15, 1077 — October 3, 1078) * Vsevolod I (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. During ...
(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 Novgo ...
(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 (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 Grand P ...
(1252 — November 14, 1263) *
Yaroslav of Tver Yaroslav III Yaroslavich (1230–1271) ( Russian: Ярослав Ярославич) was the first Prince of Tver and the tenth Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1264 to 1271. Yaroslav and his son Mikhail Yaroslavich presided over Tver's trans ...
(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 (Δημήτρ� ...
(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 Grand Prince Alexander or Aleksandr Mikhailovich (russian: Александр Михайлович Тверской; 7 October 1301 – 29 October 1339) was a Prince of Tver as Alexander I and Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal as Alexander II. His r ...
(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 Simeon Ivanovich Gordiy (the Proud) (Семён Иванович Гордый in Russian) (7 September 1317 – 27 April 1353) was Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir. Simeon continued his father's policies aimed to increase the power ...
(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 Yury Dmitrievich (26 November 1374 in Pereslavl-Zalessky – 5 June 1434 in Galich), also known as George II of Moscow, Yury of Zvenigorod and Jurij Zwenihorodski, was the second son of Dmitri Donskoi. He was the Duke of Zvenigorod and Gali ...
(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 Dmitriy Yurievich Shemyaka (Дмитрий Юрьевич Шемяка in Russian) (died 1453) was the second son of Yury of Zvenigorod by Anastasia of Smolensk and grandson of Dmitri Donskoi. His hereditary patrimony was the rich Northern to ...
(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 (March 27, 1462 — October 27, 1505) *
Vasili III Vasili III Ivanovich (russian: Василий III Иванович, 25 March 14793 December 1533) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. He was the son of Ivan III Vasiliyevich and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the nam ...
(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 Novgo ...
(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 rule ...
(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)

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Irina Godunova Irina Feodorovna Godunova, later Alexandra (1557–1603) was a Tsaritsa of Russia by marriage to Tsar Feodor I Ivanovich (r. 1584–1598) and the sister of Tsar Boris Godunov (r. 1598–1605). For nine days after the death of her spouse in 1598 ...
(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)

* False Dmitriy I (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 (1613–1721)

* Michael Romanov (February 21, 1613 — July 13, 1645) * Alexis I (July 13, 1645 — January 29, 1676) *
Feodor III Fyodor III Alekséyevich (in Russian: ''Фёдор III Алексеевич'') or Feodor III Alekséyevich (9 June 1661 – 7 May 1682) was the Tsar of Russia between 1676 and 1682. While disabled and paralyzed from birth, he managed to pass ref ...
(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, Maria ...
(April 27, 1682 — January 29, 1696) *
Peter I the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
(April 27, 1682 — October 22, 1721)


Emperors of Russia (1721–1917) (Romanovs)

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Peter I the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
(October 22, 1721 — January 28, 1725) * Catherine I (January 28, 1725 — May 6, 1727) * Peter II (May 6, 1727 — January 19, 1730) * Anna Ioannovna (February 4, 1730 — October 17, 1740) * Ivan VI (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 (June 28, 1762 — November 6, 1796) *
Paul I Paul I may refer to: *Paul of Samosata (200–275), Bishop of Antioch *Paul I of Constantinople (died c. 350), Archbishop of Constantinople *Pope Paul I (700–767) *Paul I Šubić of Bribir (c. 1245–1312), Ban of Croatia and Lord of Bosnia * Pau ...
(November 6, 1796 — March 11, 1801) * Alexander I (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 Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of ...
(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 republican Russia from 15 March to 20 July 1917. During this time he served as Russia's ''de facto'' head of s ...
(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 Novembe ...
(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 political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...
(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 par ...
(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 ...
(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 198 ...
(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 po ...
(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 Commun ...
(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 Comm ...
(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

* List of heads of government of Russia * List of heads of state of Russia *
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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