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At different times, a ruler in Kievan Rus'/Rus' principalities/Imperial Russia bore the title of Kniaz (translated as Duke or Prince), Velikiy Kniaz (translated as Grand Duke, Grand Prince or Great Prince), Tsar, Emperor.
The Patriarchs, heads of the Russian Orthodox Church, also sometimes acted as the leaders of Russia — as, for example, during the Polish occupation and interregnum of 1610—1613 (see List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow).
==Grand Princes of Novgorod and Kiev (c. 860 - 1240)==
See Rulers of Kievan Rus'
==Grand Princes of Vladimir (1168 - 1362)==

★ Andrew I (1168 - 1174), 1st Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Michael I (1174 - 1176), 2nd Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Vsevolod III (1176 - 1212), 3rd Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Yuri II (1212 - 1216), 4th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Constantine I (1216 - 1218), 5th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Yuri II (1218 - 1238), restored

★ Yaroslav II (1238 - 1246), 6th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Sviatoslav III (1246 - 1249), 7th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Andrew II (1249 - 1252), 8th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Alexander Nevsky (1252 - 1263), 9th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Yaroslav III (1264 - 1271), 10th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Vasily of Kostroma (1272 - 1277), 11th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Dmitri of Pereslavl (1277 - 1294), 12th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Andrew of Gorodets (1294 - 1304), 13th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Michael of Tver (1304 - 1318), 14th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Yuri of Moscow (1318 - 1322), 15th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Dmitry of Tver (1322 - 1326), 16th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Alexander of Tver (1326 - 1327), 17th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Ivan I of Moscow (Ivan the Moneybag) (1328 - 1341), 18th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Simeon of Moscow (Simeon the Proud) (1341 - 1353), 19th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Ivan II of Moscow (Ivan the Fair) (1353 - 1359), 20th Grand Prince of Vladimir

★ Dmitri of Suzdal (1359 - 1362), 21st Grand Prince of Vladimir
==Princes of Moscow (1283 - 1359)

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=Rurik Dynasty (1283 - 1359)===
:''Main article: Grand Prince of Moscow''.

★ Daniel (1283 - 1303)

★ Yuri (1303 - 1325)

★ Ivan I (Ivan the Moneybag) (1325 - 1341)

★ Simeon (Simeon the Proud) (1341 - 1353)

★ Ivan II (Ivan the Fair) (1353 - 1359)
==Grand Princes of Moscow (1359 - 1547)

=Rurik Dynasty (1359 - 1547)===

★ Dmitri Donskoi (1359 - 1389)

★ Vasili I (1389 - 1425)

★ Vasili II (Vasili the Blind) (1425 - 1462)

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★ Usurper: Yury of Zvenigorod (1433 - 1434)

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★ Usurper: Vasily Kosoy (1434)

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★ Usurper: Dmitry Shemyaka (1446 - 1448)

★ Ivan III (Ivan the Great) (1462 - 1505) - first Sovereign for all Russia

★ Vasili III (1505 - 1533)

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★ Grand Duchess Elena Glinskaya (regent for her son, Ivan IV, 1533 - 1538)

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★ Regents: Boyars Shuiskys and Boyars Belskys (1538 - 1547)

★ Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) (1533 - 1547) (crowned first Tsar of Russia on 16 January 1547)

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★ Simeon Bekbulatovich (1574 - 1576), a puppet ruler formally crowned "Grand Prince of the whole Russia" by Ivan the Terrible
==Tsars of Russia (1547 - 1721)

=Rurik Dynasty (1547 - 1598)===

★ Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) (1547 - 1584)

★ Feodor I (1584 - 1598) - last of the reigning Rurikids
===Godunov Dynasty (1598 - 1605)===

★ Boris Godunov (1598 - 1605)

★ Feodor II (1605)
===Usurpers (1605 - 1610)===

★ False Dmitri I (1605 - 1606)

★ Vasili IV (1606 - 1610) - also a Rurikid
===Time of Troubles (1610 - 1613)===

★ Seven Boyars (1610 - 1610)

★ Władysław IV Vasa (1610 - 1612) In 1610 he was elected a Tsar of Russia however was never able to take the Muscovite throne and used the title of Grand Duke of Moscow
===Romanov Dynasty (1613 - 1721)===

★ Michael I (1613 - 1645) (elected Tsar on 21 February 1613)

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★ Patriarch Filaret (Feodor Romanov) (1613 - 1633) (de-facto co-ruler of Russia during the early reign of his son, Mikhail Feodorovich)

★ Aleksey I (1645 - 1676)

★ Feodor III (1676 - 1682)

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★ Sophia Alekseyevna (1682-1689) (was a regent of Russia in the time of joint ruler Peter I with Ivan V)

★ Ivan V (1682 - 1696) (joint ruler with Peter I)

★ Peter I (Peter the Great) (1682 - 1721) (joint ruler with Ivan V until 1696, proclaimed ''Emperor of All Russia'' on 22 October 1721)
==Emperors of Russia (1721 - 1917)

=Romanov Dynasty (1721 - 1917)===

★ Peter I (Peter the Great) (1721 - 1725)

★ Catherine I (1725 - 1727)

★ Peter II (1727 - 1730)

★ Anna Ioannovna (1730 - 1740)

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★ Ernst Johann von Biron (17.10.1740 - 9.11.1740) (On her death-bed Anna, very unwillingly and only at his urgent entreaty, appointed him regent during the minority of the baby emperor, Ivan VI of Russia)

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★ Anna Leopoldovna (9.11.1740 - 25.11.1741) (was a regent of Russia during the minority of her baby son Ivan VI)

★ Ivan VI (17.10.1740 - 25.11.1741)

★ Elizabeth (1741 - 1762)

★ Peter III (1762)

★ Catherine II (Catherine the Great) (1762 - 1796)

★ Paul I (1796 - 1801)

★ Alexander I (1801 - 1825)

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★ Konstantin Pavlovich (November 27, 1825 - December 25, 1825) (After Alexander I death during 16 days was considered as emperor and autocrat of All-Russia Konstantin I. December 25,1825 has renounced a throne.)

★ Nicholas I (1825 - 1855)

★ Alexander II (1855 - 1881)

★ Alexander III (1881 - 1894)

★ Nicholas II (1894 - 1917)

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★ Michael II (March 15-March 16, 1917, abdicated a day after his brother)

See also

★ Timeline of Russian history

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★ Godunov to Nicholas II by Saul Zaklad

★ Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal

★ Rulers of Russia and Soviet Union

★ Genealogy of Romanov Imperial House