List of leaders of Russia
The rulers of the Rus', the Russian Tsardom, the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, the RSFSR, the USSR, the Russian Federation.
The list does not include regents, acting rulers, rulers of the separatist states in the territory of Russia, persons who applied for the post of ruler, but did not join it, rebel leaders who do not control the capital and the nominal heads of the RSFSR from the formation of the USSR to the establishment of the presidency of Russia.
Princes of Novgorod (862–882)
- Rurik
- Oleg the Seer
Grand Princes of Kiev (882–1157)
- Oleg the Seer
- Igor I
- Olga of Kiev
- Sviatoslav I
- Yaropolk I
- Vladimir the Great
- Sviatopolk the Cursed
- Yaroslav the Wise
- Sviatopolk the Cursed
- Yaroslav the Wise
- Iziaslav I
- Vseslav the Sorcerer
- Iziaslav I
- Sviatoslav II
- Vsevolod I
- Iziaslav I
- Vsevolod I
- Sviatopolk II
- Vladimir Monomakh
- Mstislav I
- Yaropolk II
- Viacheslav I
- Vsevolod II
- Igor II
- Iziaslav II
- Yuri the Long Hands
- Viacheslav I
- Iziaslav II
- Yuri the Long Hands
- Iziaslav II
- Rostislav I
- Iziaslav III
- Yuri the Long Hands
Grand Princes of Vladimir (1157–1340)
- Andrey the Pious
- Mikhalko I
- Yaropolk III
- Mikhalko I
- Vsevolod the Big Nest
- Yuri II
- Konstantin of Rostov
- Yuri II
- Yaroslav II
- Sviatoslav III
- Mikhail Khorobrit
- Andrey II
- Alexander Nevsky
- Yaroslav of Tver
- Vasily of Costroma
- Dmitry of Pereslavl
- Andrey of Gorodets
- Dmitry of Pereslavl
- Andrey of Gorodets
- Michael of Tver
- Dmitry the Fearsome Eyes
- Alexander of Tver
- Alexander of Susdal
- Ivan Kalita
Grand Princes of Moscow (1325–1547)
- Ivan I Kalita
- Simeon the Proud
- Ivan II the Red
- Dmitry of the Don
- Vasily I
- Vasily II the Dark
- Yury of Zvenigorod
- Vasily II the Dark
- Yury of Zvenigorod
- Vasily the Squint
- Vasily II the Dark
- Dmitry Shemyaka
- Vasily II the Dark
- Dmitry Shemyaka
- Vasily II the Dark
- Ivan III the Great
- Vasili III
- Ivan IV the Terrible
Tsars of Russia (1547–1610)
[Rurikids]
- Ivan IV the Terrible
- *Simeon Bekbulatovich
- Feodor I
Godunovs
- Irina Godunova
- Boris Godunov
- Feodor II
[Time of Troubles]
- False Dmitriy I
- Vasili IV Shuysky
Seven Boyars and Zemsky government (1610–1613)
[Seven Boyars]In the period 1610-1612 after the overthrow of Tsar Vasily Shuisky, power in Moscow belonged to the Boyar Duma, which created an interim government of seven boyars. The government was headed by the main boyar - Fedor Mstislavsky.
- Fedor Mstislavsky
Zemsky governmentIn the fall of 1612, a united rebelion liberated Moscow from Polish interventionists and abolished the Seven Boyars. The new government was headed by Dmitry Trubetskoy, who formally led Russia before the election of Mikhail Romanov as Tsar in 1613.
- Dmitry Trubetskoy
Tsars of Russia (1613–1721)
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- Michael Romanov
- Alexis I
- Feodor III
- Ivan V
- Peter I the Great
Emperors of Russia (1721–1917)
- Peter I the Great
- Catherine I
- Peter II
- Anna Ioannovna
- Ivan VI
- Elizabeth Petrovna
- Peter III
- Catherine II the Great
- Paul I
- Alexander I
- Nicholas I
- Alexander II
- Alexander III
- Nicholas II
Heads of the Provisional Government (1917)
- Georgy Lvov — July 8
- Alexander Kerensky — October 25
Leaders of Soviet Russia (1917–1991)
De facto
- Vladimir Lenin
- Joseph Stalin
- Georgy Malenkov
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Yuri Andropov
- Konstantin Chernenko
- Mikhail Gorbachev
Nominal Heads of StateLegally, the highest officials of the Soviet state were:
1922–1938 — Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR
1938–1989 — Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR;
1989–1990 — Chairman of the Supreme Council of the USSR;
1990–1991 — President of the USSR.
De facto, all these posts (except for the President of the USSR) did not have such an influence as the Head of Government or the General Secretary of the Party.
- Lev Kamenev — November 8
- Yakov Sverdlov
- Mikhail Kalinin
- Nikolai Shvernik
- Kliment Voroshilov
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Anastas Mikoyan
- Nikolai Podgorny
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Yuri Andropov
- Konstantin Chernenko
- Andrei Gromyko
- Mikhail Gorbachev
Presidents of Russia (1991–present)
- Boris Yeltsin
- Vladimir Putin
- Dmitry Medvedev
- Vladimir Putin
Literature
- Руководители России, СССР, РФ // :ru:Большая_российская_энциклопедия|Большая российская энциклопедия. Том «Россия». — М., 2004.
- История России. Т. 1. С древнейших времён до второй половины XIX века. Т. 2. История России. Вторая половина XIX—XX вв. Курс лекций / Под ред. проф. Б. В. Личмана. — Екатеринбург: Урал. гос. техн. ун-т. 1995.
- Князья крупнейших княжеств // Древняя Русь в средневековом мире. — М., 2014.
- // Известия ЦК КПСС. — 1990. — № 7.