862-879 Rurik, (Hrorekr), semilegendary ruler of Novgorod 879-913 Oleg, first ruler of Kiev 913-945 Igor (Ingvar) 945-964 Olga (Helga), widow of Igor 945-972 Sviatoslav I 973-980 Yaropolk I 980-1015 Vladimir (the Saint), brother of Yaropolk, baptized 989 1015-1019 Sviatopolk I 1019-1054 Yaroslav I (the Wise), brother of Sviatopolk 1054-1073 Izyaslav I, son of Yaroslav 1073-1076 Sviatoslav II, son of Yaroslav 1077-1078 Yziaslav I (again), son of Yaroslav 1078-1093 Vsevolod, son of Yaroslav 1093-1113 Svyatopolk II, son of Izyaslav I 1113-1125 Vladimir II Monomakh, son of Vsevolod I 1125-1139 Mstislav I 1132-1139 Yaropolk II, younger brothers of Mstislavav I 1139-1146 Vyacheslav, younger brothers of Mstislavav I 1146-1154 Izyaslav II, son of Mstislav I 1154-1167 Rostislav, son of Mstislav I 1149-1157 Yuri Dolgoruky, younger brother of Mstislav I (founder of Moscow 1156) 1157-1174 Andrei Bogolyubsky titular grand prince of Kiev, ruled from Vladimir 1176-1212 Vsevolod III (Big Nest). Son of Yury Dolgoruky, ruled at Vladimir-Suzdal 1212-1238 Yuri II 1240-1480 (Mongol-Tartar Yoke) 1238-1246 Yaroslav II, brother of Yuri II 1247-1248 Sviatoslav III, brother of Yuri II 1249-1252 Andrei II, son of Yaroslav II; prince of Vladimir 1252-1263 Alexander Nevsky, son of Yaroslav II, prince of Novgorod, subsequently Vladimir 1263-1271 Yaroslav III, son of Yaroslav; prince of Tver 1263-1303 Daniil, youngest son of Alexander Nevsky. First prince of Moscow and of Pereyaslav. 1303-1325 Yury III, grand prince of Moscow 1325-1341 Ivan I Money-Bags (Kalita). Brother of Yury III, "Grand prince of Vladimir and All Russia". Resident in Moscow 1341-1353 Simeon (the Proud) 1353-1359 Ivan II (the Meek), brother of Simeon 1359-1389 Dmitrii Ivanovich 1389-1425 Vasily I 1425-1461 Vasiliy II (the Dark) 1462-1505 Ivan III (the Great) 1505-1533 Vasiliy III 1533-1538 Helena Blinski, widow of Vasiliy II. Mother of Ivan IV 1533-1584 Ivan IV Vasilievich (the Terrible), Tsar in 1547 1584-1598 Fyodor I. Last of Ryurikid dynasty 1598-1605 Boris Godunov "Lord Protector" (Time of Troubles) 1605 Fyodor II, son of Boris Godunov 1605-1606 False Dmitriy I 1606-1610 Vasiliy IV 1610-1613 Wladyslav, son of king of Poland (not crowned) 1613-1645 Mihail Fedorovich Romanov, elected Tsar (Romanov dynasty) 1645-1676 Alexis (Aleksey Mikhaylovich) 1676-1682 Theodore III (Feodor Alexeevich) 1682-1689 (Sophia, regent) 1689-1696 Ivan V (Alexeevich) Senior co-tsar with Peter I 1689-1696 (Natalya Naryshkina). Aleksey's second wife and widow 1682-1725 Peter I (the Great, (Alexeevich)), Emperor in 1721 1725-1727 Catherine I. Widow of Peter I 1727-1730 Peter II (Alexeevich) 1730-1740 Anna (lvanovna) 1740-1741 Anna Leopoldovna. Niece of Anna; mother of Ivan VI 1741-1762 Elizabeth (Elizaveta Petrovna) 1762 Peter III, Elizabeth's nepnep, killed after revolt led by Catherine II 1762-1796 Catherine II (the Great). Widow of Peter III 1796-1801 Paul I, son of Peter III and Catherine II, murdered 1801-1825 Alexander I (Pavlovich), may have faked death and entered monastery 1825-1855 Nicholas I (Pavlovich), brother of Alexander I 1855-1881 Alexander II (Nikolaevich, Tsar Emancipator), assassinated by bomb 1881-1894 Alexander III (Alexandrovich, Tsar Peacemaker) 1894-1917 Nicholas II (Alexandrovich), Constitutional monarch from 1906, abdicated 1917, murdered with wife and five children by Bolsheviks in 1918 1917 (Feb-July) Prince Georgiy Lvov, prime minister of provisional government 1917 (July-Oct) Alexander Kerensky, prime minister of provisional government 1917-1924 Lenin (Vladimirs Ilyich Ulyanov), chairman of the council of people's commissars 1924-1953 Joseph Stalin (Iosif Visarionovich Zhugashvili). Secretary-general of the central committee of the Communist Party from 1922. Effective sole power from 1928, official head of government from 1940. 1953-1955 Georgiy Malenkov. Unofficial head of collective leadership after Stalin 1955-1964 Nikita Khrushchev. First secretary of the central committee 1955-1958 Nikolai Bulganin, official head of state 1964-1982 Leonid Brezhnev. First secretary of CPSU 1982-1984 Yury Andropov. First secretary of CPSU 1984-1985 Konstantin Chernenko. First secretary of CPSU 1985-1991 Mikhail Gorbachov. First secretary of CPSU 1991-2000 Boris Yeltsin elected President of Russia (Soviet Union ceases) 2000-2004 Vladimir Putin. Second elected President of Russia 2004-present Vladimir Putin re-elected to a second term.
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