HOUSE OF RURIK
1462-1505 Grand Prince Ivan III (the Great)
1505-1533 Grand Prince Vasili
1533-1584 Ivan IV (the Terrible) *
1584-1598 Fedor I
1598-1605 Boris Godunov
1605-1613 False Dmitri
* First Tsar
HOUSE OF ROMANOV
1613-1645 Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov - Was born on July 18, 1596, and was the first Romanov ruler of Russia. Before he ruled he lived with his mother in the village of Domnina, the family estate of the Romanovs. At the age of 16, he was elected Sovereign of All Russia in Moscow's Red Square by the Zemskii Sobor (Assembly of the Land) on February 21, 1613. On July 11, 1613, the title of Tsar was bestowed upon him, in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. During his reign he established a unified Russian state, ended internal conflicts and resumed relations with foreign states. He made various early reforms, particularly in the Russian army. His first marriage was to Marie Vladimirovna Dologorukava. His second marriage was to Evdokia Lukianovna Streshneva. Mikhail died on July 13, 1645, from dropsy. He was buried in the Archangel Cathedral of the Kremlin.
1645-1676 Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (the Gentlest Tsar) - He was born on March 19, 1629, and died on January 30, 1676. He became Tsar after the death of his father, (Mikhail) on July 16, 1645. He was called the Gentlest Tsar because of his docile nature. His rule was distinguished by active internal and external policies. A collection of laws, The Code of the Assembly, was passed on his personal authority in 1649. He supported Nikon, Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, in religious reforms. His greatsest foreign policy achievements were the unification of Russia and Ukraine and preventing an invasion by Crmean Tartars into central regions of the country. His first marriage was to Marie II'inishna Miloslavskaya. His second marriage was to Natalia Kirillovna Naryshkina. On his death in 1676, he was buried in the Archangel Cathedral of the Kremlin.
1676-1682 Fedor II Alexeevich Romanov - He was born on April 30, 1661 and died on April 27, 1682.
1682-1689 Sofia (regent) **
1689-1725 Peter I (the Great)
1725-1727 Catherine I
1727-1730 Peter II
1730-1740 Anne
1740-1741 Ivan VI
1741-1762 Elizabeth
1762-1762 Peter III
1762-1796 Catherine II (the Great)
1801-1825 Alexander I
1825-1855 Nicholas I
1855-1881 Alexander II
1881-1894 Alexander III
1894-1917 Nicholas II
** Sofia was Peter the Great's Step mother she played regent so was not actually a Tsarina.
