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List of presidents of Russia. The office of the president of Russia is the highest authority in the Russian Federation. The holder is the federation's head of state and has formal presidency over the State Council as well as being the commander in chief of the Russian Armed Forces.
- Ivan III
- Vasiliy III
- Ivan IV The Terrible
- Fyodor Ioannovich
- Boris Godunov
- False Dmitry I
- Vasili IV Shuisky
- Mikhail Fyodorovich
- Alexey Mikhailovich
- Fyodor Alekseevich
The Grand Duchy of Moscow was created well before Ivan III (1440-1505), but it was he who ceased paying tributes to the Golden Horde in 1480, effectively declaring Moscow’s independence from the Mongol-Tatars. He created the Sudebnik (Code of Laws) of 1497, a unified legislation for the lands who swore allegiance to the Grand Duchy of Moscow or wer...
Ivan’s son, Vasiliy III (1479-1533), finalized the centralization of the Russian lands under Moscow’s reign. He was the father of Ivan IV the Terrible.
Ivan IV (1530-1584) was the first to be crowned and anointed to Tsardomas the Tsar of All Russia in 1547. He revisited the Russian legislation in his Code of Laws of 1550, established diplomatic relations with England and doubled Russia’s territory. His time was also known for repressions against some noble Moscow boyar families, known as the ‘opri...
Fyodor (1557-1598), the third son of Ivan the Terrible, wasn’t known to have taken part in governing the state. Almost all his days were dedicated to praying, visiting monasteries, studying theology and the scriptures, etc. Some historians, including Dmitry Volodikhin, argue that Fyodor deliberately removed himself from politics to evade the chance...
Boris Godunov (1552-1605),Tsar Fyodor’s brother in law was probably the first Russian ruler who tried to establish cultural connections and cooperation between Moscow and Europe. However, he didn’t last long at the helm and died under ambiguous circumstances.
An impostor whose identity is debated to the present day, False Dmitry I (16th century – 1606) posed as Dmitry, the last son of Ivan IV, who miraculously survived a murder attempt. Dmitry took the Moscow throne during the Time of Troubles, using the help of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was crowned as the tsar and ruled for about a year be...
The last Rurikid on the Russian throne, Vasiliy Shuisky (1552-1612), became the tsar after the uprising against False Dmitry I, which Vasiliy Shuisky ignited himself. However, Shuisky wasn’t trusted among the Russian population. He couldn’t stop the ongoing uprisings and, in 1610, he was deposed by the Moscow boyars and forcibly tonsured as a monk;...
The first tsar in the Romanov dynasty, Mikhail Fyodorovich(1596-1645), was chosen as the tsar at the Zemsky Sobor (people’s assembly) of 1613. During his reign, the Moscow Tsardom recuperated after the disastrous Time of Troubles.
The second Romanov, Alexey Mikhailovich(1629-1676), encouraged Russia’s trade and cooperation with Europe and invited European military men and engineers to Russia. He introduced the Council Code (Sobornoye Ulozhenie) of 1649 and he was the father of Peter the Great.
Alexey Mikhailovich’s son Fyodor (1661-1682), who inherited the throne, had weak health and spent most of his time in bed. During his short reign, a population census was performed and the Russian military was reviewed and assessed.
This is the list of the heads of state of Russia after the monarchy had been abolished in 1917.
#PictureNameTerm Of OfficePyotr Derber (1883–1938)29 January 191829 June 1918Pyotr Vologodsky (1863–1925)30 June 19183 November 1918Vladimir Volsky (1877–1937)June 1918September 1918Nikolai Avksentiev (1878–1943)23 September 191818 November 1918This is a list of rulers of Kievan Rus', the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, the Soviet Union, and the modern Russian Federation.
Mar 28, 2019 · The current president of Russia is Vladimir Putin. Below is a list of presidents that have served the country since the Soviet Union was dissolved. Boris Yeltsin: 1991 - 1999 Boris Yeltsin was the first president of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Russia - Tsars, Soviets, Putin: The table provides a chronological list of the leaders of Russia from 1276 onward.
This is a list of rulers of Kievan Rus', the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, the Soviet Union, and the modern Russian Federation.
