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Russian Leaders

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  • Ivan III (The Great)
    Apr 5, 1462

    Ivan III (The Great)

    Laid foundations for the Russian State.
    Tripled the territory of his state.
    Ended the dominace of the "Golden Horde"
  • Ivan IV (The Terrible)
    Dec 3, 1533

    Ivan IV (The Terrible)

    First ruler to be crowned Tsar of all Russia.
    His long reign added regions to Russia making it a multiethnic state that was almost one billion acres.
  • Michael Romanov

    Michael Romanov

    Founder of the romanov Dynasty.
    Obtained peace with Sweden and Poland.
    The beginning of his reign marked the end of the "Times of Trouble".
  • Peter I (The Great)

    Peter I (The Great)

    Westernized Russia.
    Created Russia's first Navy.
    Expanded the Tsardom into and Empire.
  • Catherine II (The Great)

    Catherine II (The Great)

    Longest-ruling female leader of Russia.
    Coup on her husband, the tsar, Peter III, which she was successful in and became empress of russia.
    Westernized Russia much like Peter I.
    Colinized Alaska.
  • Alexander II

    Alexander II

    Assassinated in 1881.
    Sold Alaska to the U.S.A
    Negotiated peace in the Crimean war.
  • Nicholas II

    Nicholas II

    Last emperor of Russia.
    Defeated in the Russo-Japanese war.
  • Alexander Kerensky

    Alexander Kerensky

    Activist for the communist party during the 1917 revolution.
    A political figure before and during communist controled Russia.
  • Vladimir Lenin

    Vladimir Lenin

    Leader of the Bolsheviks.
    Head of the Soviet Union for the first seven years until his death in 1924.
  • Joseph Stalin

    Joseph Stalin

    A Bolshevik Revolutionary.
    Leader of the USSR during WWII and until 1953.

    Killed many Russians in Goulags in Siberia.
  • Nikita Khrushchev

    Nikita Khrushchev

    De Stalinized the USSR.
    Strongly backed the Soviet Space Program.
  • Mikhail Gorbachev

    Mikhail Gorbachev

    Last Head of state for the USSR.
    A major contributor in the dissolution of the soviet union.
    Won a Nobel peace prize.
  • Boris Yeltsin

    Boris Yeltsin

    First President of the Russian Federation.
  • Vladimir Putin

    Vladimir Putin

    Second President of Russia.
    During his Presidency the GDP went up by 72%.
  • Dmitri Medvedev

    Dmitri Medvedev

    Third president of Russia.
    Law enforcement reform.
    Anti-corruption campaign in the government.
  • Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev

    Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev

    Converted most of Kievan Russia to christianity.
    Reconquered Novogrod.