State · 1613 – 1762

House of Romanov

A state of 1613 – 1762 — 149 years in Europe. It was followed by Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. Its line of rulers holds 4 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 149 years; 1613 – 1762
Rulers: 4; the Tsar of All Russia
Symbol: 1; on record, with years

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

After it

Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov · followed by

Rulers

The line of Tsar of All Russia.

died in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Michael of Russia	1613 – 1645	32 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Feodor III of Russia	1676 – 1682	6 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	grandchild
Ivan V of Russia	1682 – 1696	14 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	sibling
Peter the Great	1682 – 1721	39 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	sibling

4 rulers, 4 with terms dated as terms, covering 1613 – 1721. Median reign 23 years. 1 of 3 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Flag or arms

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedHouse of Romanoff · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Taubiy (original uploader)

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood149 years
stood longer than 55% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median32 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 86% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record4
has more rulers on record than 58% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

linkedcoincidence

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Theories that apply to its ending

Of 3 theories of why states fall, 1 has every condition present at this ending; each is applied by its own logic, condition by condition, and whether its authors named this case is a footnote.

Dynastic cycle and the decay of group feeling
Ibn Khaldun 1377 · Turchin & Nefedov 2009
Applies by its own logic: the condition it names held here, and this is the kind of outcome it predicts — adverse regime change or the state's ending.
- the state 90 to 160 years old — ageBand 149

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1598 – 1777, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1688, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q112707 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.