Russian Leaders

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  • Period: Feb 2, 1462 to Feb 2, 1505

    Ivan III The Great

    Significance of his ruling: Tripled the amount of Russian territory
  • Period: Feb 2, 1533 to

    Ivan IV The Terrible

    Significance of his ruling: Conquered new territories creating a multicultural Russia
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    Michael Romanov

    Significance of his ruling: Founder of Romanov dynasty which lasted until 1917
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    Peter I The Great

    Significance of his ruling: He completely changed from traditional Russia to a more Westernized civilization
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    Catherine I The Great

    Significance of his ruling: Longest ruling empress in Russia
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    Alexander II

    Significance of his ruling: Declared emancipation of the Serfs
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    Nicholas II

    Significance of his ruling: Lead Russia from being a great power to a economic and military collapse as well as lost the Russo - Japanese War
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    Alexander Kerensky

    Significance of his ruling: Provided arms to Petrograd workers to revolt against the Bolsheviks, exiled to Paris soon after
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    Vladimir Lenin

    Significance of his ruling: Mastermind behind Bolshevik revolution and take over in 1917
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    Joseph Stalin

    Significance of his ruling: Succeeded in stopping German Invasion of the Soviet Union in WWII, went on the offense againt Germany
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    Nikita Khrushchev

    Significance of his ruling: he was responsible for the partial de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, for backing the progress of the early Soviet space program, and for several relatively liberal reforms in areas of domestic policy
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    Mikhail Gorbachev

    Significance of ruling: First executive president of the Soviet Union
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    Boris Yeltsin

    Significance of ruling: First freely elected president, reconstructed Soviet economy
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    Vladimir Putin

    Significance of ruling: Credited for bringing political stability; currently prime minister and chairman of Russia
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    Dmitri Medvedev

    Significance of ruling: A modernizer of Russia; Not running for a second term
  • Period: to Feb 2, 1015

    Grand Price Vladimir of Kiev

    Significance of his ruling: Converting Russia to Christianity