State

Tsardom of Russia

Russian state from 1547 to 1721

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1547–1721
Founded
1547
Ended
1721
Capital
Moscow, Saint Petersburg
Government
aristocratic monarchy, patrimonial monarchy, autocracy
Languages
Church Slavonic, Russian
Preceded by
Kazan KingdomPrincipality of TverNovgorod RepublicGrand Principality of MoscowAstrakhan Khanate
Succeeded by
Russian Empire

Overview

The Tsardom of Russia, also known as the Tsardom of Moscow, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter the Great in 1721. It is generally regarded as the first phase of Tsarist Russia.

From 1550 to 1700, Russia grew by an average of 35,000 square kilometres (14,000 sq mi) per year. The period includes the upheavals of the transition from the Rurik to the Romanov dynasties, wars with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sweden, and the Ottoman Empire, and the Russian conquest of Siberia, to the reign of Peter the Great, who took power in 1689 and transformed the tsardom into an empire. During the Great Northern War, he implemented substantial reforms and proclaimed the Russian Empire after victory over Sweden in 1721.

Excerpt from Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

All rulers (12)

  1. Ivan the Terrible1547–1584
  2. Feodor I of Russia1584–1598
  3. Irina Godunova1598
  4. Boris Godunov1598–1605
  5. False Dmitriy I1605–1606
  6. Feodor II of Russia1605
  7. Vasili IV of Russia1606–1610
  8. Władysław IV Vasa1610–1613
  9. Michael I of Russia1613–1645
  10. Feodor III of Russia1676–1682
  11. Peter the Great1682–1721
  12. Ivan V of Russia1682–1696

Records (126)

  1. 1487 — Russo-Kazan War of 1487War
  2. 1535–1552 — Russo-Kazan War of 1535-1552War
  3. 1552 — Siege of KazanSiege
  4. 1554–1557 — Russo-Swedish War of 1554–1557War
  5. 1558–1583 — Livonian WarWar
  6. 1558 — Battle of NarvaBattle · Livonian Order ▸ Russia
  7. 1560 — Battle of ErgemeBattle
  8. 1560 — Siege of FelliniSiege
  9. 1560 — Cheremisinov's campaign to DagestanCampaign
  10. 1561–1570 — Muscovite-Lithuanian War of 1561-1570War
  11. 1562 — Treaty of MozhayskTreaty
  12. 1564 — Battle of UlaBattle
  13. 1568–1570 — First Russo-Turkish WarWar
  14. 1569 — Battle of AstrakhanBattle · Russia ▸ Turkey
  15. 1571 — MoscowMassacre · Crimean Tatar Khanate ▸ Moscow
  16. 1572 — Battle of MolodiBattle · Russia ▸ Crimean Tatar Khanate
  17. 1577–1582 — Livonian campaign of Stephen BáthoryCampaign
  18. 1578 — Battles of WendenBattle
  19. 1579 — Siege of PolotskSiege
  20. 1580 — Siege of Velikiye LukiSiege
  21. 1580 — Battle of ToropetsBattle
  22. 1580 — Battle of ZavolotchiaBattle
  23. 1580 — Battle of Velikie LukiBattle · Poland ▸ Moscow
  24. 1581–1582 — Siege of PskovBattle
  25. 1581 — Siege of NarvaBattle
  26. 1581 — Battle of Mogilev (1581)Battle
  27. 1581 — Battle of ShklovBattle
  28. 1582 — Truce of Yam-ZapolskyTreaty
  29. 1582 — Battle of Chuvash CapeBattle
  30. 1582 — Battle of KashlykBattle · Russia ▸ Tatar Khanate of Sibir
  31. 1585 — Battle of the IrtyshBattle
  32. 1590–1595 — Russo-Swedish War of 1590–1595War
  33. 1595 — Treaty of TeusinaTreaty
  34. 1604 — Battle of Novgorod SeverskBattle · Poland, Pretender Russian Tsar ▸ Russia
  35. 1605–1618 — Polish–Muscovite WarWar
  36. 1605 — Battle of DobrynitchiBattle · Pretender Dmitri ▸ Tsarists
  37. 1606–1607 — Bolotnikov RebellionRebellion
  38. 1608–1609 — Battles on the Khodynka river (1608–1609)Battle
  39. 1608 — Battle of BolkhovBattle · Poland, Cossacks, Pretender Tsar ▸ Russia
  40. 1609–1611 — Siege of SmolenskSiege
  41. 1609 — Battle of KalyazinBattle
  42. 1610–1617 — Ingrian WarWar
  43. 1610 — Battle of KlushinoBattle
  44. 1610 — Battle of Tsarowy ZajmiszczBattle
  45. 1610 — Siege of CzernichowaBattle
  46. 1612 — Battle of MoscowBattle
  47. 1612 — Siege of VolokolamskBattle
  48. 1612 — Siege of KurskBattle
  49. 1613 — Siege of TikhvinBattle
  50. 1614 — Battle of RistilahtiBattle
  51. 1614 — Battle of BronnitsaBattle · Russia ▸ Sweden
  52. 1614 — Battle of GdovBattle · Sweden ▸ Russia
  53. 1615 — Battle of PskovBattle · Russia ▸ Sweden
  54. 1617–1618 — Siege of KalugaSiege
  55. 1617–1618 — Siege of BelySiege
  56. 1618 — Truce of DeulinoTreaty
  57. 1618 — Siege of MoscowBattle
  58. 1618 — Assault on YeletsSiege
  59. 1632–1634 — Smolensk WarWar
  60. 1632–1633 — Siege of SmolenskSiege
  61. 1632 — Siege of DorogobuzhSiege
  62. 1633 — Siege of PutyvlBattle
  63. 1633–1634 — Battle of SmoleńskiemBattle
  64. 1634 — Siege of YakutskSiege
  65. 1634 — Siege of BelayaSiege
  66. 1654–1667 — Russo-Polish WarWar
  67. 1654 — Battle of ShepelevicheBattle
  68. 1654 — Battle of ShklowBattle
  69. 1654 — Siege of MstislavSiege
  70. 1654 — Battle of Nowa WodaBattle
  71. 1655–1660 — Second Northern WarWar
  72. 1655–1660 — DelugeWar
  73. 1655 — Battle of VilniusBattle
  74. 1655 — Battle of HorodokBattle
  75. 1655 — Battle of OkhmativBattle
  76. 1655 — Battle of OzernaBattle
  77. 1655 — Siege of LvivSiege
  78. 1657 — Battle of LälitzBattle
  79. 1658 — Battle of WerkiBattle
  80. 1658–1659 — Siege of KaunasSiege
  81. 1658–1659 — Russo-Cossack War of 1658-1659War
  82. 1659 — Battle of KonotopBattle
  83. 1659 — Battle of MyadelBattle
  84. 1660 — Battle of PolonkaBattle
  85. 1660 — Battle of ChudnivBattle
  86. 1660 — Battle of BasyaBattle
  87. 1660 — Siege of LyakhavichyBattle
  88. 1660 — Battle of LyubarBattle
  89. 1660 — Siege of BorysowaBattle
  90. 1660 — Siege of MohylewaBattle
  91. 1660 — Battle of KutyszczeBattle
  92. 1661 — Battle of KushlikiBattle
  93. 1661 — Mogilev uprising (1661)Rebellion
  94. 1662–1664 — Bashkir rebellion of 1662—1664Rebellion
  95. 1663 — Battle of LokhvitsaBattle · Russia ▸ Poland, Cossacks, Tatars
  96. 1664 — Siege of HlukhivBattle
  97. 1664 — Battle of Vitebsk (1664)Battle
  98. 1667 — Truce of AndrusovoTreaty
  99. 1667–1671 — Razin's RebellionRebellion
  100. 1668–1669 — Left-Bank UprisingRebellion
  101. 1670 — Battle of SimbirskBattle
  102. 1670 — Battle of the Kandarat RiverBattle
  103. 1674–1676 — Muscovite-Ukrainian War of 1674-1676War
  104. 1681–1684 — Bashkir rebellion of 1681—1684Rebellion
  105. 1682 — Moscow Uprising of 1682Rebellion
  106. 1683–1699 — Great Turkish WarWar
  107. 1699 — Treaty of PreobrazhenskoyeTreaty
  108. 1700–1721 — Great Northern WarWar
  109. 1700 — Battle of NarvaBattle
  110. 1702 — Naval battles on Lake LadogaNaval battle
  111. 1704–1711 — Bashkir rebellion of 1704–1711Rebellion
  112. 1705–1706 — Campaign of GrodnoCampaign
  113. 1707 — Battle of YuraktauBattle
  114. 1708–1709 — Siege of VeprikBattle
  115. 1708 — Battle of KazanBattle
  116. 1708 — Siege of YelabugaSiege
  117. 1708 — Battle of BaturinBattle · Russia ▸ Cossacks
  118. 1708 — Battle of EsaulovBattle · Russia ▸ Cossacks
  119. 1708 — Battle of PanshinBattle · Russia ▸ Cossacks
  120. 1708 — Battle of SmolenskBattle · Sweden ▸ Cossack Hetmanate, Crimean Khanate
  121. 1709 — Battle of PoltavaBattle
  122. 1713 — Action of 22 July 1713Naval battle
  123. 1714 — Battle of NapueBattle
  124. 1719 — Battle of Ösel IslandNaval battle
  125. 1720 — Battle of GrengamNaval battle
  126. 1721 — Treaty of NystadTreaty

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