Feodor III; Tsar of Russia; Reign: 8 February (29 January O.S.) 1676 – 7 May 1682: Coronation: 18 June 1676: Predecessor: Alexis: Successor: Peter I and Ivan V: Born ... (in Russian: Фёдор III Алексеевич) or Feodor III Alekséyevich (9 June 1661 – 7 May 1682) was the Tsar of Russia between 1676 and 1682. Life. Born in Moscow ...

Alexander III (Russian: Алекса́ндр III Алекса́ндрович, tr. Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich; 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894. He was highly reactionary and reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II.This policy is known in Russia as "counter ...

Ivan V Alekseyevich (Russian: Иван V Алексеевич; 6 September [O.S. 27 August] 1666 – 8 February [O.S. 29 January] 1696) was Tsar of Russia between 1682 and 1696, jointly ruling with his younger half-brother Peter I.Ivan was the youngest son of Alexis I of Russia by his first wife, Maria Miloslavskaya, while Peter was the only son of Alexis by his second wife, Natalya …

Ivan III Vasilyevich (Russian: Иван III Васильевич; 22 January 1440 – 27 October 1505), also known as Ivan the Great, was a Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of all Rus'.Ivan served as the co-ruler and regent for his blind father Vasily II from the mid-1450s before he officially ascended the throne in 1462.. He multiplied the territory of his state through war and through ...

Peter III (10 February 1728 – 17 July 1762) was an emperor of Russia who was overthrown by his wife, Catherine the Great.He was born in Kiel as Charles Peter Ulrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (German: Karl Peter Ulrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp), the only child of Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (the son of Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, sister of Charles …

Life as a servant. The life of Catherine I was said by Voltaire to be nearly as extraordinary as that of Peter the Great himself. Said to have been born on 15 April 1684 (o.s. 5 April), she was originally named Marta Helena Skowrońska.Marta was the daughter of Samuel Skowroński (later spelt Samuil Skavronsky), a Roman Catholic farmer from the eastern parts of the …

Elizabeth was born at Kolomenskoye, near Moscow, Russia, on 18 December 1709 ().Her parents were Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia and Catherine. Catherine was the daughter of Samuel Skowroński, a subject of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.Although no documentary record exists, her parents were said to have married secretly at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in St. …

Born in Moscow, Alexander Nikolayevich was the eldest son of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia (eldest daughter of Frederick William III of Prussia and of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz).His early life gave little indication of his ultimate potential; until the time of his accession in 1855, aged 37, few [quantify] imagined that posterity would know him for …

Nicholas I (6 July [O.S. 25 June] 1796 – 2 March [O.S. 18 February] 1855) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland.He was the third son of Paul I and younger brother of his predecessor, Alexander I.Nicholas inherited his brother's throne despite the failed Decembrist revolt against him. He is mainly remembered in history as a reactionary whose …

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 join it, rebel leaders who do not control the capital, and the nominal heads of the Russian SFSR. ... Feodor III (January 30, 1676 — April 27, 1682) Ivan V (April 27, 1682 — January ...