Wikipedia: Russian Tsars

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The word "Tsar", also "Tzar", is a form of "Caesar". Tsarina is used for an empress, Tsarevna for the daughter of a Tsar of Tsarina, and Tsarevitch for a son. The Patriarchs are leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church, and acted as leaders of Russia at times.

The word "Tsar", also "Tzar" and "Czar", is a form of "Caesar". Tsarina is used for an empress, Tsarevna for the daughter of a Tsar of Tsarina, and Tsarevitch for a son. The Patriarchs are leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church, and acted as leaders of Russia at times.

The Russian Tsars (Emperors) were the leaders of Russia from 1613 to 1918. The word "Tsar", also "Tzar" and "Czar", is a form of "Caesar". Tsarina is used for an empress, Tsarevna for the daughter of a Tsar of Tsarina, and Tsarevitch for a son. The Patriarchs are leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church, and acted as leaders of Russia at times.

Some of the Tsars were:

[Russian Tsar Ivan IV]? 1530-1585 -- last of the Ruriks -- first to be named Tsar -- military leader
[Russian Tsar Michael Romanoff]? -- first of the Romanoffs: elected Tsar following the "Time of Troubles"
[Russian Tsar Aleksey Mikhailovoch]? -- established serf system
[Russian Tsarevna Sophia Alekseyevna]? --
[Russian Patriarch Patriarch Nikon]? -- 1670s?
[Russian Tsar Peter I]? (Peter the Great) -- (1672-1725) 1689
[Russian Tsarina Catherine I]?
[Russian Tsarevich Alexis Petrovich]?
[Russian Tsarina Anna Ivanovna]? - 1693-1740

[Russian Tsarina Elizabeth Petrovna]?
[Russian Tsar Peter III]?
[Russian Tsarina Catherine II]? (Catherine the Great) 1762-1796
[Russian Tsar Paul I]?
Russian Tsar Alexander I 1777-1825
Russian Tsar Alexander II 1818-1881 - abolished serf system
Russian Tsar Alexander III 1845-1894 - Trans-Siberian Railroad
Russian Tsar Nicholas II 1868-1918
[Russian Tsarevech Alexsie]? 1904-1918
[Russian Tsarina Empress Alexandra Fyodorvna]? 1872-1918