Imperial Russia

Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start of the Russian Revolution in 1917.

Rulers

Tsars1 and Tsarinas of the Imperial period of Russia:

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• Peter I (the Great), (1682-1725)
• Catherine I, (1725-1727)
• Peter II, (1727-1730)
• Anna, (1730-1740)
• Ivan VI, (1740-1741)
• Elizabeth, (1741-1762)
• Peter III, (1762)
• Catherine II (the Great), (1762-1796)
• Paul I, (1796-1801)
• Alexander I, (1801-1825)
• Nicholas I, (1825-1855)
• Alexander II, (1855-1881)
• Alexander III, (1881-1894)
• Nicholas II, (1894-1917)

1. Technically Peter the Great changed his title from "tsar" to "imperator" (Emperor) in 1721 and his successors kept it, but "tsar" was still in regular popular use up to the fall of the Russian Empire.

Related Topics:
Tsar - Imperator - 1721

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