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At his accession as the sole monarch of Russia in 1696, Peter held the same title as his father, Alexis: "Great Lord Tsar and Grand Prince, Autocrat of Great, Small and White Russia". [109] By 1710, he had styled himself as "Tsar and All-Russian Emperor", but it was not until 1721 that the imperial title became official. [109]
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.It 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 become one, rebel leaders who did not control the capital, and the nominal ...
Manifestos of Russian emperors (5 P) N. Nicholas II of Russia (5 C, 31 P, 1 F) P. Peter the Great (4 C, 34 P) Pages in category "Emperors of Russia"
The Russian Empire in the Eighteenth Century: Searching for a Place in the World(1997) pp 39–164. Kluchevsky, V.O. A history of Russia vol 4 (1926) online pp 1–230. Oliva, Lawrence Jay. ed. Russia in the era of Peter the Great (1969), excerpts from primary and secondary sources two week borrowing; Pares, Bernard. A History Of Russia (1947 ...
The emperor and autocrat of all Russia [1] (Russian: Император и Самодержец Всероссийский, romanized: Imperator i Samoderzhets Vserossiyskiy, IPA: [ɪm⁽ʲ⁾pʲɪˈratər ɪ səmɐˈdʲerʐɨt͡s fsʲɪrɐˈsʲijskʲɪj]), [a] also translated as emperor and autocrat of all the Russias, [2] was the official title of the Russian monarch from 1721 to 1917.
Peter I "the Great", first Russian emperor, polymath craftsman and inventor, modernized Russian Army and westernized culture, won the Great Northern War, founded the Russian Navy and the new capital Saint Petersburg; Catherine I, first Russian empress; Elizabeth, "the Merry Empress" during the era of high Baroque
The first Russian monarch to be crowned tsar was Ivan IV, who had held the title of sovereign and grand prince. [7] [8] [9] In 1721, Peter I adopted the title of emperor and proclaimed the Russian Empire. [10] The old title tsar continued to be popularly used to refer to the emperor. [11] [12]
The Russian Empire [e] [f] was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about 22,800,000 km 2 (8,800,000 sq mi), roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the third ...