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Ivan the Great tripled the size of Moscows Territory.
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Ivan the Terrible was the first Russian ruler to be crowned formally as Czar
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Michael was unanimously elected czar of Russia by a national assembly on 21 February 1613.
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On May 29, 1682, she became Regent to Ivan and Peter, and thus effectively the ruler of Russia.
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Perhaps one of the most important leaders of the Russian Empire, Catherine the Second, or "The Great," helped set the foundations for the Russian “Westernization” in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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In his last years, Nicholas I led the Russian army in the unsuccessful Crimean War.
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Alexander sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, fearing the remote colony would fall into British hands if there was another war.
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During Alexander's reign Russia fought no major wars, for which he was styled "The Peacemaker" .
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His reign saw Imperial Russia go from being one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse
