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tsars of Russia

Years	Tsar
^ Interregnum (no tsar) from* 1610 to 1613
House of Rurik
1547–84	Ivan IV (the Terrible)
1584–98	Theodore I
1598	Irina
House of Godunov
1598–1605	Boris Godunov
1605	Theodore II
Usurpers^*
1605–06	Dimitri III
1606–10	Basil IV
House of Romanov
1613–45	Michael Romanov
1645–76	Alexei
1676–82	Theodore III
1682–96	Peter I and Ivan V (brothers)
1696–1725	Peter I (the Great)
1725–27	Catherine I
1727–30	Peter II
1730–40	Anna Ivanovna
1740–41	Ivan VI
1741–62	Elizabeth
1762	Peter III
1762–96	Catherine II (the Great)
1796–1801	Paul I
1801–25	Alexander I
1825–55	Nicholas I
1855–81	Alexander II
1881–94	Alexander III
1894–1917	Nicholas II

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