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Jan 22, 1440
Ivan iii of Russia
Ivan was born at the height of the civil war that raged between supporters of his father, Grand Prince Vasily II of Muscovy, and those of his rebellious uncles. His early life was dramatic and tumultuous: when his father was arrested and blinded by his cousin in 1446, Ivan was first hidden in a monastery and then smuggled to safety, only to be treacherously handed over to his father’s captors later in the year; shortly after his father’s release in the same year Ivan was solemnly affianced. -
Sep 3, 1530
Ivan the terrible
In 1547, Ivan IV, grandson of Ivan the Great, was crowned the first czar of all Russia in the Kremlin's Uspensky Cathedral. In addition, Moscow became the capital of the Holy Russian Empire. In the same year, Ivan married Anastasia Romanov. He married several more times after her death in 1560, but this first marriage seems to have been the happiest. The Romanov dynasty ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917, and traces its claim to the throne through Anastasia's brother, Nikitu. -
Michael I of Romanov
He became the first Romanov Tsar of the house of Romanov after the zemskiy sobor of 1613 elected him to rule the Tsardom of Russia. Also known as Mikhail Fyodorovich Romano. Representatives of the different classes gathered at the Dormition Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin to elect a new autocrat. People were sent to kill the first Tsar. http://www.rusartnet.com/biographies/russian-rulers/romanov/tsar/michael-romanov -
Peter the Great self portrait (1672)
A Russian out the medieval times. A man who died at the age of 53 and became a sole Czar in 1696. Peter abandoned the traditional Russian title Czar in favor of the European influenced title of Emperor. 4 year later, he died. -
Alexander ii
A man born and raised in Moscow Kremlin, Russia. The eldest of Tsar Nicholas family. During his European travels Alexander met his future wife. Princess Marie of Hesse, the couple married in 1841 and then had 8 children. Alexander became Tsar on the death of Nicholas I. He had a painful failure was widespread. -
Alexander III
Alexander III was the emperor of Russia, King of Poland. He was a supporter of Russian nationalism and also the persecution of the non-orthodox religious group. He began to study the principles of law and administration under the jurist and political philosopher. He was a commander, but he was mortified when most of what Russia had obtained by the Treaty of San Stefano. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-III-emperor-of-Russia -
Nicholas ii
The main objective of Nicholas II’s foreign policy during his early reign was to maintain the status quo in Europe, rather than to conquer new territory. But, in the 1890s, as Russia experienced economic growth, it began to expand its industry into the Far East. In 1891, construction on the Trans-Siberian railroad had begun, connecting Russia with the Pacific Coast. As a result, Japan felt increasingly threatened.
