State · 1547 – 1721

Tsardom of Russia

A state of 1547 – 1721 — 174 years in Europe. It replaced Grand Principality of Moscow, Novgorod Republic and Astrakhan Khanate and 2 more. It was replaced by Russian Empire. The atlas records 83 things within it — wars and battles 35 · unrest and atrocity 10 · famine and plague 1 · treaties 5 · people 32. Its line of rulers holds 12 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: 174 years; 1547 – 1721
Rulers: 12; the Tsar of All Russia
Most ground: 14.24 million km²; in 1718
Within it: 83; recorded rows
Symbols: 5; on record, with years

Map: Tsardom of Russia in 1718, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Tsardom of Russia in 1718, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 14.24 million km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Tsardom of Russia in 1547, first mapped — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Tsardom of Russia in 1718, at its largest — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

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.

Before it

Grand Principality of Moscow · replaces · 1263 – 1547
Novgorod Republic · replaces · 1136 – 1478
Principality of Tver · replaces · 1247 – 1485
Kazan Kingdom · replaces
Astrakhan Khanate · replaces · 1466 – 1556

After it

Russian Empire · replaced by · 1721 – 1917

Rulers

The line of Tsar of All Russia.

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied 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
Ivan the Terrible	1547 – 1584	37 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Feodor I of Russia	1584 – 1598	14 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	child
Irina Godunova	1598 – 1598	under a year	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	spouse
Boris Godunov	1598 – 1605	7 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	sibling
Feodor II of Russia	1605 – 1605	under a year	deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	child
False Dmitry I	1605 – 1606	1 year	deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Vasili IV of Russia	1606 – 1610	4 years	deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Władysław IV Vasa	1610 – 1613	3 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Michael of Russia	1613 – 1645	32 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Feodor III of Russia	1676 – 1682	6 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	grandchild
Ivan V of Russia	1682 – 1696	14 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	sibling
Peter the Great	1682 – 1721	39 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	sibling

12 rulers, 12 with terms dated as terms, covering 1547 – 1721. Median reign 6.5 years. 7 of 11 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”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

2.42 million km² in 1547, 13.92 million km² in 1717; at its largest 13.92 million km² in 1717. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

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

flag, undatedFlag of Russia (1668–1693) · Public domain
coat of arms, undatedRoyal Coat of arms of Russia (17th century) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · TRAJAN 117
coat of arms, undatedRussian-coat-arm-1667 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · AlexTref871
flag, from 1696Flag of Russia · Public domain
flag, from 1709Flag of Oryol ship (variant) · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1500 – 159920 rows · 9 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres

Ivan the Terrible · ruler · 1530 – 1584
Boris Godunov · ruler · 1552 – 1605
Michael of Russia · ruler · 1596 – 1645
Feodor I of Russia · ruler · 1557 – 1598
Vasili IV of Russia · ruler · 1552 – 1612
Feodor II of Russia · ruler · 1589 – 1605
Russo-Turkish War · war · 1568 – 1570
Dmitry Pozharsky · politician · 1577 – 1642

and 12 more in the atlas.

1600 – 169947 rows · 16 wars and battles · 7 risings, regime changes and massacres

Peter the Great · ruler · 1672 – 1725
Alexis of Russia · ruler · 1629 – 1676
Ivan V of Russia · ruler · 1666 – 1696
Feodor III of Russia · ruler · 1661 – 1682
False Dmitry I · ruler · 1600 – 1606
Stenka Razin · commander · 1630 – 1671
Alexander Danilovich Menshikov · politician · 1673 – 1729
Vasily Tatishchev · explorer · 1686 – 1750

and 39 more in the atlas.

1700 – 179916 rows · 10 wars and battles · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres

Mikhail Lomonosov · inventor · 1711 – 1765
Battle of Narva · battle · 1700
Ernst Gideon von Laudon · commander · 1717 – 1790
William Fermor · commander · 1702 – 1771
Bulavin Rebellion · unrest · 1707 – 1708
Aleksey Antropov · artist · 1716 – 1795
Siege of Nöteborg · battle · 1702
Sack of Baturyn · battle · 1708

and 8 more in the atlas.

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 stood174 years
stood longer than 59% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held14,244,400 km²
held more ground at its peak than 99% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per century1.7
had more wars on record per century than 97% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median7 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 26% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record12
has more rulers on record than 84% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 7 causes the record names and 2 results, 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.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1530 – 1738, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1718, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q186096 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · 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.