Tsar of Russia

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head of state role monarchical title sovereign ruler

The Tsar of Russia was the autocratic monarch and supreme ruler of the Russian state and empire until the early 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Emperor of Russia	10
Tsar of All Rus'	4
Tsar of All the Russias	3
Russian Emperor	1
Russian emperors	1
Tsar and Autocrat of All Russia	1
Tsar and Grand Prince of All Russia	1
Tsar of All Russia	1
Tsar of Russia (titular, elected but not crowned)	1
tsar (emperor) of Russia	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state role ⓘ monarchical title ⓘ sovereign ruler ⓘ
abolishedBy	Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: February Revolution
appliesToJurisdiction	Russian Empire ⓘ Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
associatedDynasty	House of Romanov ⓘ surface form: Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov dynasty House of Romanov ⓘ surface form: Romanov dynasty Rurik dynasty ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
domain	Russian Empire ⓘ Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
firstHolder	Ivan IV of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
genderRestriction	primarily male-preference succession ⓘ
governingBody	Imperial Court of Russia ⓘ
historicalEra	Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period Modern period ⓘ
languageOfName	Russian ⓘ
lastHolder	Nicholas II of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeStatus	absolute monarchy ⓘ
nativeLabel	Император Всероссийский ⓘ Царь всея Руси ⓘ
officeAbolished	1917 ⓘ
officeCreated	1547 ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Alexander I of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Alexander II of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Alexander III of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Alexis of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Anna of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Boris Godunov NERFINISHED ⓘ Catherine II of Russia ⓘ Elizabeth of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Feodor I of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Feodor III of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivan IV of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivan V of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivan VI of Russia ⓘ Michael I of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas I of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas II of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul I of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter I of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter II of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter III of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
powerStructure	autocracy ⓘ
predecessorOffice	Grand Prince of Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionRequired	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
residence	Alexander Palace ⓘ Kremlin ⓘ Winter Palace ⓘ
seat	Moscow ⓘ St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
selectionMethod	hereditary succession ⓘ
styleOfAddress	Emperor of All the Russias ⓘ surface form: Autocrat of All the Russias His Imperial Majesty ⓘ
successorOffice	Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR ⓘ
symbol	Imperial Crown of Russia ⓘ Imperial double-headed eagle of Russia ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Imperial Russian Navy → allegiance → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

Prince Menshikov → allegiance → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

Emperor of All the Russias → alsoKnownAs → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Emperor

Viceroy of the Caucasus → appointedBy → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor of Russia

Imperial Crown with ribbon connecting side crowns → associatedWith → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsar of All the Russias

Zemsky Sobor of 1613 → electedTitle → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

House of Godunov → hasTitle → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

Imperial Russian administrative system → headedBy → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor of Russia

Vasili IV Shuisky → heldTitle → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsar and Grand Prince of All Russia

Muscovy → laterTitleOfRuler → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsar of All Rus'

Tsarskoye Selo → namedAfter → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: tsar (emperor) of Russia

Alexander I of Russia → nobleTitle → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsar of All the Russias

Feodor III of Russia → nobleTitle → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsar and Autocrat of All Russia

Tsardom of Russia → officialTitleOfRuler → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsar of All Rus'

Alexis of Russia → positionHeld → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

Boris Godunov → positionHeld → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

Ivan IV the Terrible → positionHeld → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsar of All Rus'

Mikhail I of Russia → positionHeld → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

Peter III of Russia → positionHeld → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor of Russia

Vasili IV Shuisky → positionHeld → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

Władysław IV Vasa → positionHeld → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsar of Russia (titular, elected but not crowned)

Emperor of All the Russias → replaces → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsar of All the Russias

Viceroy of the Caucasus → reportsTo → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor of Russia

Grand Duke of Finland → roleHeldBy → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor of Russia

Taurida Oblast → sovereign → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor of Russia

Maria Miloslavskaya → spouseTitle → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

Finnish Senate → subordinateTo → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor of Russia

Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire → subordinateTo → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor of Russia

War Ministry of the Russian Empire → subordinateTo → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor of Russia

Ivan IV the Terrible → title → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsar of All Rus'

Ivan V of Russia → title → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsar of All Russia

Ivan VI of Russia → title → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor of Russia

Pushkin, Saint Petersburg → wasImperialResidenceOf → Tsar of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian emperors