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Rurik (also spelled Rorik, Riurik or Ryurik; [1][2][3][4] Church Slavonic: Рюрикъ, romanized: Rjurikŭ; [5][b] Old Norse: Hrøríkʀ; died 879) [6][7][a] was a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who, according to tradition, was invited to reign in Novgorod in the year 862. [1][10] The Primary Chronicle states that Rurik was succeeded by his ...
Yeletsky of Yelets. The Rurik dynasty,[a]also known as the Rurikidor Riurikid dynasty, as well as simply Rurikidsor Riurikids,[1]was a noble lineage allegedly founded by the Varangianprince Rurik, who, according to tradition, established himself at Novgorodin the year 862. [2][3][4]The Rurikids were the ruling dynastyof Kievan Rus'and its ...
Tsar of Russia r. 1598–1605: Maria Skuratova Belskaya d. 1605: Irina Godunova 1557–1603: Feodor I 1557–1598 Tsar of All Russia r. 1584–1598: Dmitry of Russia 1552–1553: Ivan of Russia 1554–1581: Dmitry of Uglich 1582—1591 or 1582–1606: Vasili IV Tsar of Russia 1552–1612 r. 1606–1610: Michael I 1596–1645 Tsar of All Russia ...
Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen. This is a list of all reigning monarchs in the history of Russia. The list begins with the semi-legendary prince Rurikof Novgorod, sometime in the mid-9th century, and ends with Nicholas II, who abdicated in 1917, and was executed with his familyin 1918. Two dynasties have ruled Russia: the Rurikids(862–1598 ...
Rus' people. Map showing the major Varangian trade routes: the Volga trade route (in red) and the trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks (in purple). Sufficiently controlling strongholds, market places and portages along the routes was necessary for the Scandinavian raiders and traders. The Rus ', [a] also known as Russes, [2][3] were a ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 October 2024. 10th and 11th-century Grand Prince of Kiev "Prince Vladimir" redirects here. For the 2006 Russian film, see Prince Vladimir. In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sviatoslavich. Vladimir the Great Vladimir's effigy on one of his coins. He is crowned ...
Several minor branches. The House of Romanov[ b ] (also transliterated as Romanoff; Russian: Романовы, romanized:Romanovy, IPA: [rɐˈmanəvɨ]) was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after Anastasia Romanovna married Ivan the Terrible, the first crowned tsar of all Russia.
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 ...