Regents of Russia

The Russian state can trace its origin to the principality of Kievan Rus. The princely dynasty that first ruled over Novgorod until they conquered Kiev was of Swedish origin and ruled over all Russia until the 17^th century. Kievan Rus was 1019 divided between different branches of the dynasty, but the grand prince of Kiev (from 1169 in Vladimir-Suzdal and from 1328 in Moscow) had supremacy over the other princes. The Russian principalities were 1240 defeated by the Mongols and forced to be their vassals until 1480 when the Russians broke free and was unified by Ivan the Great. Ivan the Terrible had him self crowned as tsar 1547. Tsar was the Russian word for Emperor but abroad it was generally seen as Russian variant of king. To be recognised as emperor Peter the Great proclaimed himself as Imperator of all Russia 1721, which became the official title although the title tsar lived on in popular use.

c. 862-879 c. 880-882	Rurik (Rörek) Oleg (prince in Kiev 882-912)
c. 882-912 c. 912-945 c. 945-972 c. 972-980 c. 980-1015 1015-1019 1019-1054 1054-1073 1068-1069 1073-1076 1076-1078 1078-1093 1093-1113 1113-1125 1125-1132 1132-1139 1139 1139-1146 1146 1146-1149 1150 1150 1150-1151 1150-1154 1150-1154 1154-1155 1155-1157 1157 1157-1158 1158-1167 1167-1169 1169	House of Rurik (Kiev) Oleg (Helge the Wise) Igor (Ingvar) Svyatoslav Yaropolk I Vladimir I Svatoy (the Holy) Svyatopolk I Yaroslav I Izyaslav I Vseslav Svyatoslav II Izyaslav I (restored) Vsevolod I Svyatopolk II Vladimir II Monomach Mstislav I Yaropolk II Vyacheslav Vsevolod II Igor II Izyaslav II Yuri Dolgoruky Izyaslav II (restored) Yuri Dolgoruky (restored) Vyacheslav (restored) Izyaslav II (re-restored) Rostislav I Yuri Dolgoruky (Vladimir-Suzdal) Izyaslav III Mstislav III Rostislav I (restored) Mstislav III (restored) Gleb
The grand princes of Kiev lost its role as the leading Russian state to Vladimir-Suzdal 1169. They continued however to call themselves grand princes until Kiev was destroyed by the Mongols 1240. House of Rurik (Vladimir-Suzdal) (grand princes from 1169)
1154-1157 1157-1174 1174-1176 1176-1212 1212-1216 1216-1218 1218-1238 1238-1246 1246-1249 1249-1252 1252-1263 1264-1271 1272-1276 1276-1281 1281-1283 1283-1293 1294-1304 1304-1318 1318-1322 1322-1326 1326-1327 1327-1359 1359-1362 1362	Yuri I Dolgoruky Andrei I Bogulyubsky Michail Yuryevich Vsevolod III Yuri II Konstantin Yuri II (restored) Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich Svyatoslav III Andrei II Aleksandr Nevsky Yaroslav III Vasiliy (Kostroma) Dmitry (Pereslavl) Andrei III (Gorodets) Dmitry (restored) Andrei III (restored) Michail (Tver) Jurij Danilovitj (prince of Moscow 1303-1325) Dmitry (Tver) Aleksandr (Tver) Ruled by Moscow Dmitry Vladimir-Suzdal is merged with Moscow
1283-1303 1303-1325 1325-1341 1341-1353 1353-1359 1359-1389 1389-1425 1425-1462 1462-1505 1505-1533 1533-1584 1584-1598	House of Rurik (Moscow) (grand princes from 1328) Daniil Aleksandrovich Yury Danilovich Ivan I Kalita (Moneybag) Simeon Gordy (the Proud) Ivan II Krasny (the Fair) Dmitry Donskoy Vasiliy I Dmitrivich Vasiliy II Tiomny (the Blind) Ivan III Veliky (the Great) Vasiliy III Ivanovich Ivan IV Grozny (the Terrible) = 1547 Fyodor I
1598-1605 1605 1605-1606 1606-1610 1607-1610 1610-1613	The Time of Troubles Boris Godunov Fyodor II Dmitry (the first false) Vasiliy IV Dmitry (the second false) Vladislav *
1613-1645 1645-1676 1676-1682 1682-1696 1682-1725 1725-1727 1727-1730 1730-1740 1740-1741 1741-1762	House of Romanov Mikhail Aleksey Michailovich Fyodor III Ivan V Pyotr I Veliky (Peter the Great) = 1721 Yekaterina I Pyotr II Alekseyevich Anna Ivanovna Ivan VI Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth)
House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
1762	Pyotr III Fyodorovich
1762-1796	Yekaterina II Velikaya	(Catherine the Great)
1796-1801	Pavel Petrovich **
1801-1825	Alexandr I
1825-1855	Nikolay I
1855-1881	Aleksandr II
1881-1894	Aleksandr III
1894-1917	Nikolay II
1917-1991 1991-	Soviet Union Russian Federation