The rulers of Russia during the time period covered in Russia Engages
the World, 1453–1825 are presented here for easy reference.
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From the Fall of Constantinople (1453) through the Reign of Ivan the Terrible (1533–1584) The Time of Troubles to the First Romanovs (1598–1682) Peter the Great and his Legacy (1682–1762) The Age of Catherine the Great (1762–1801) The Reign of Emperor Alexander I (1801–1825) The Rulers of Russia, 1425–1823 |
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are specific to Muscovy/Russia's internal development. 
are important world historical or cultural events.
| Grand Princes of Muscovy | |
| 1425–62 | Vasilii II |
| 1462–1505 | Ivan III |
| 1505–33 | Vasilii III |
| 1533–84 | Ivan IV, "the Terrible" (Tsar of Muscovy from 1547) |
| 1584–98 | Fedor I, the last of the Rurikid dynasty |
| Tsars of Russia | |
| 1598–1605 | Boris Godunov |
| 1605 | Fedor II Godunov |
| 1605–6 | The First Pretender, Dmitrii |
| 1606–10 | Vasilii Shuiskii |
| [1610–13 | interregnum] |
| 1613–45 | Mikhail Romanov, the first of the dynasty that will rule Russia |
| until 1917 | |
| 1645–76 | Aleksei |
| 1676–82 | Fedor III |
| 1682–96 | Ivan V and Peter I (co-Tsars) |
| Emperors and Empresses of Russia | |
| 1696–1725 | Peter I, "the Great" (Emperor from 1721) |
| 1725–27 | Catherine I |
| 1727–30 | Peter II |
| 1730–40 | Anna Ioannovna |
| 1740–41 | Ivan VI |
| 1741–61 | Elizabeth |
| 1761–62 | Peter III |
| 1762–96 | Catherine II, "the Great" |
| 1796–1801 | Paul I |
| 1801–25 | Alexander I |
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