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**scorpion_X** · 04-23-2007, 12:39 PM

These lists begin with Rurik, a Scandinavian Varangian who assumed power in the city of Novgorod in the late 9th century. His successors ruled from the city of Kiev. They were known as the Veliki Kniaz, translated into English as "Grand Duke" or "Grand Prince". In 988 Vladimir I became the first duke to convert to Christianity.

The center of power was transferred to the city of Vladimir under Andrey Bogolyubsky in 1168, and then to Moscow under Daniil in 1263. The Mongols of the Golden Horde invaded in the 13th century, destroying Kiev and putting most of the region under their domination for the next two centuries. The dukes were vassals of the Mongols, and had to pay tribute.

Ivan III "the Great" was the first Grand Duke to use the title Tsar (meaning "emperor", ultimately related to Latin Caesar) but it was his grandson Ivan IV "the Terrible" who was first crowned as such. The line of Rurik ended shortly thereafter. The reigns of Boris Gudonov and the Polish king Ladislaus followed, and then the Romanov dynasty came to power. It continued until 1917, when Tsar Nikolai II was executed by the Bolsheviks.

There have been 4 female tsars, called tsaritsas or tsarinas, notably Yekaterina (Catherine) the Great.

Name Years
Rurik 862-869
Oleg 879-913 (Helgi)
Igor 913-945 (Ingvar)
Olga 945-964 (Helga)
Sviatoslav I 945-972
Yaropolk I 972-980
Vladimir I the Saint 980-1015
Sviatopolk I 1015-1019
Yaroslav I the Wise 1019-1054
Iziaslav I 1054-1073/1077-1078
Sviatoslav II 1073-1076
Vsevolod I 1078-1093
Sviatopolk II 1093-1113
Vladimir II Monomakh 1113-1125
Mstislav I the Great 1125-1132
Yaropolk II 1132-1139
Vsevolod II 1139-1146
Iziaslav II 1146-1154
Yuriy I Dolgoruki 1154-1157 (George)
Iziaslav III 1157-1159
Rostislav 1159-1167
Mstislav II 1167-1169
Andrey Bogolyubsky 1168-1174 (Andrei, Andrew)
Mikhail 1174-1176 (Michael)
Vsevolod II 1176-1212
Yuriy II 1212-1216/1218-1238 (Yuri, George)
Konstantin 1216-1218 (Constantine)
Yaroslav II 1238-1246
Sviatoslav III 1246-1249
Andrey II 1249-1252 (Andrei, Andrew)
Aleksandr Nevski 1252-1263 (Alexander)
Yaroslav III 1264-1271
Vasiliy 1272-1277 (Vasili)
Dimitri I 1277-1281
Andrey III 1281-1283 (Andrei, Andrew)
Daniil 1283-1303 (Daniel)
Yuriy 1303-1325 (Yuri, George)
Ivan I 1325-1341
Simeon 1341-1353
Ivan II 1353-1359
Dmitri 1359-1389
Vasiliy I 1389-1425 (Vasili)
Vasiliy II 1425-1462 (Vasili)
Ivan III the Great 1462-1505
Vasiliy III 1505-1533 (Vasili)
Ivan IV the Terrible 1533-1584
Simeon Bekbulatovich 1574-1576
Feodor I 1584-1598 (Theodore)
Boris Godunov 1598-1605
Feodor II 1605 (Theodore)
Dmitri 1605-1606
Vasiliy IV 1606-1610 (Vasili)
Mikhail I 1613-1645 (Michael)
Aleksey I 1645-1676
Feodor III 1676-1682 (Theodore)
Ivan V 1682-1696
Pyotr I the Great 1682-1725 (Peter)
Yekaterina I 1725-1727 (Catherine)
Pyotr II 1727-1730 (Peter)
Anna 1730-1740 (Anne)
Ivan VI 1740-1741
Yelizaveta 1741-1762 (Elizabeth)
Pyotr III 1762 (Peter)
Yekaterina II the Great 1762-1796 (Catherine)
Pavel 1796-1801 (Paul)
Aleksandr I 1801-1825 (Alexander)
Nikolai I 1825-1855 (Nicholas)
Aleksandr II 1855-1881 (Alexander)
Aleksandr III 1881-1894 (Alexander)
Nikolai II 1894-1917 (Nicholas)
Mikhail II 1917 (Michael)

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