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. 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)

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 Novgoro ...

(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 (fall 945 — after 959) *

Sviatoslav I ; (943 – 26 March 972), also spelled Svyatoslav, was Grand Prince of Kiev famous for his persistent campaigns in the east and south, which precipitated the collapse of two great powers of Eastern Europe, Khazaria and the First Bulgarian Empire. H ...

(after 959 — March 972) * Yaropolk I (972 — June 11, 978) * Vladimir the Great (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 als ...

(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 Vseslav of Polotsk or Vseslav Bryachislavich ( 1029 – 24 April 1101), also known as ''Vseslav the Sorcerer'' or ''Vseslav the Seer'', was the most famous ruler of Polotsk and was briefly Grand Prince of Kiev in 1068–1069. Together with Rostis ...

(September 15, 1068 — April 1069) * Iziaslav I (again) (May 2, 1069 — March 1073) *

Sviatoslav II Sviatoslav II Iaroslavich or Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich ( orv, Ст҃ославь Ӕрославичь; Russian and Ukrainian: Святослав Ярославич; 1027 – 27 December 1076) was Grand Prince of Kiev between 1073 and 1076. ...

(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) *

(October 1078 — April 13, 1093) *

Sviatopolk II Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich ( orv, Свѧтополкъ Изѧславичь; rus, Святополк Изяславич, Svyatopolk Izyaslavich; uk, Святополк Ізяславич; November 8, 1050 – April 16, 1113) was supreme ruler of ...

(April 24, 1093 — April 16, 1113) * Vladimir Monomakh (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 (June 1176 — April 15, 1212) *

Yuri II Yuri II (russian: Ю́рий–II), also known as George II of Vladimir or Georgy II Vsevolodovich (26 November 11884 March 1238), was the fourth Grand Prince of Vladimir (1212–1216, 1218–1238) who presided over Vladimir-Suzdal ...

(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 Novgoro ...

(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 List of Russian rulers#Grand Princes of Moscow, Prince of Moscow (1246–1248) and Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1248. He was a younger brother ...

(early 1248 — winter 1248/1249) *

Andrey II Prince Andrey II Yaroslavich (Андрей Ярославич) ( 1222 – 1264) was the third son of Yaroslav II who succeeded his uncle Svyatoslav III as the Grand Duke of Vladimir in 1249. Three years later, he challenged the Mongols and was ...

(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 (1264 — 1272) * Vasily of Costroma (1272 — January 1277) * Dmitry of Pereslavl (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 Iván I Danilovich Kalitá (Russian: Ива́н I Данилович Калита́; 1 November 1288 – 31 March 1340 or 1341Basil Dmytryshyn, ''Medieval Russia:A source book, 850-1700'', (Academic International Press, 2000), 194.) was Grand Du ...

(1331 — March 31, 1340)

Grand Dukes of Moscow (1325–1547)

(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 Vasily I Dmitriyevich ( rus, Василий I Дмитриевич, Vasiliy I Dmitriyevich; 30 December 137127 February 1425) was the Grand Prince of Moscow ( r. 1389–1425), heir of Dmitry Donskoy (r. 1359–1389). He ruled as a Golden Horde ...

(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 Galich ...

(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 blin ...

(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 name ...

(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 Novgoro ...
(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 (March 19, 1584 — January 7, 1598)

Godunovs (1598–1605)

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 Fyodor II Borisovich Godunov (russian: Фёдор II Борисович Годунов) (1589 – 20 June 1605) was tsar of Russia during the spring of 1605, at the beginning of the Time of Troubles. Life Fyodor II was born in Moscow, the son a ...

(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 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 w ...

(February 21, 1613 — July 13, 1645) * Alexis I (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, Maria M ...

(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)

(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 whe ...

(October 17, 1740 — November 25, 1741) * Elizabeth Petrovna (November 25, 1741 — December 25, 1761) *

Peter III Peter III may refer to: Politics * Peter III of Bulgaria (ruled in 1072) * Peter III of Aragon (1239–1285) * Peter III of Arborea (died 1347) * Peter III Aaron (died 1467) * Pedro III of Kongo (ruler in 1669) * Peter III of Russia (1728–1762) * ...

(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 *Paul ...

(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 ...

(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 Pola ...

(October 20, 1894 — March 2, 1917)

Chairmen of the Provisional Government (1917)

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 stat ...

(March 2 (15) — July 8 (21), 1917) *

Alexander Kerensky Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky, ; Reforms of Russian orthography, 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 ...

(July 8 (21) — October 25 (November 7), 1917)

Leaders of Soviet Russia (1917–1991)

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 19 ...

(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 (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 Union, Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Gener ...

(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 dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...

(March 11, 1985 — December 25, 1991)

Presidents of Russia (1991–present)

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) *

(May 7, 2012 – Present)

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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Princes of Ancient Rus' (862–1547)

Princes of Novgorod (862–882)

Grand Princes of Kiev (882–1157)

Grand Princes of Vladimir (1157–1340)

Grand Dukes of Moscow (1325–1547)

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 Novgoro ... (1547–1598)

Godunovs (1598–1605)

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)

Romanovs (1613–1721)

Emperors of Russia (1721–1917) (Romanovs)

Chairmen of the Provisional Government (1917)

Leaders of Soviet Russia (1917–1991)

Presidents of Russia (1991–present)

See also

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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 Novgoro ...
(1547–1598)

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)