Rurik Dynasty

The Rurik Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of what is now Russia from 862 to 1598. It should be noted that Russia per se did not exist during that time; rather, the state (and then group of principalities) that existed from 862 until 1240 (see Mongol invasion of Russia) is called the Kievan Rus'. After the 1480s, the dynasty ruled over a state called Muscovy and held court at Moscow.

Among the descendents of the Rurik dynasty are noble families of Russia (Dolgorukov, Repnin, Gorchakov, Gagarin), as well as those of the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania (Ostrogski, Wareg-Massalski, Czetwertinski and others).

The dynasty was established by Rurik, a Varangian ruler of Novgorod, and became extinct with the death in 1598 of the "Imbecile" tsar Feodor I. After Feodor's death, an unstable period known as the Time of Troubles ensued, lasting until 1613. In that year, Mikhail I ascended to the throne, founding the Romanov dynasty that would last until 1917.

List of rulers of the Rurik Dynasty

Princes of Novgorod

*Rurik (c.860–879)
*Oleg (Regent) (879–912)

Rulers of Kievan Rus

*Igor (912–945)
*Olga (Regent) (945–962)
*Sviatoslav I (962–972)
*Yaropolk (972–980)
*Vladimir I (980–1015)
*Sviatopolk I (1015–1019)
*Yaroslav (1019–1054)
*Iziaslav (1054–1073, 1076–1078)
*Sviatoslav II (1073–1076)
*Vsevolod (1078–1093)
*Sviatopolk II (1093–1113)
*Vladimir Monomakh (1113–1125)
*Mstislav (1125–1132)
*Yaropolk II (1132-1138)
*Vsevolod II of Kiev (1139-1146)
*Igor II of Kiev (1146)

Galician-Volhynian Kings and Princes

* Roman (1199-1205)
* Danylo (1205 - 1264)
* Lev I (1264-1301)
* Yuri I (1301-1308)
* Andrei and Lev II (co-rulers) (1308-1323)

Muscovite Princes and Grand Princes

* Daniel (1283–1303)
* Yuri (1303–1325)
* Ivan I (1325–1341)
* Semeon (1341–1353)
* Ivan II (1353–1359)
* Dmitri Donskoi (1359–1389)
* Vasili I (1389–1425)
* Vasili II (1425–1462)
* Ivan III (Ivan the Great) (1462–1505), first Sovereign for all Russia
* Vasili III (1505–1533)

Russian Tsars

* Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) (1533–1584), first to be crowned Tsar
* Feodor I (1584–1598), last of the Riurikovich

Princely families of Rurikid stock

from princes of
* Polotsk: Vitebsky, Izyaslavsky, Drutsky, Minsky and Polotsky.
* Peremyshl: Galitsky and Peremyshlsky.
* Chernigov: Baryatinsky , Belevsky , Volkonsky , Vorotynsky , Gorensky , Gorchakov , Dolgorukov , Yeletsky , Zvenigorodsky-Ryumin , Zvenigorodsky-Barashev , Zvenigorodsky-Spyachy , Zvenigorodsky-Shestov , Zvenigorodsky-Zventsov , Zvenigorodsky-Tokmakov , Zvenigorodsky-Nozdrevaty , Karachevsky, Kashin , Klubkov-Massalski, Kozelsky, Koltsov-Massalski , Koninsky, Kurlyatev , Litvinv-Massalski , Lykov , Massalski , Machevsky, Mezetsky, Obolensky, Nogtev-Obolensky, Strigin-Obolensky, Yaroslavov-Obolensky, Nagiye-Obolensky, Telepnev-Obolensky, Ovchinin-Telepnev-Obolensky, Obolensky-Cherny, Obolensky-Bely, Obolensky-Zoloty, Obolensky-Serebryany, Odoevsky, Ogiński, Ossovitsky, Peremyshlsky (Peremyshl of Kaluga), Peninsky, Puzyny, Repnin, Repnin-Volkonsky , Svyatopolk-Chetvertinsky , Spashsky, Torussky, Trostensky , Turenin, Tufyakin , Khotetovsky , Shchepin-Obolensky and Shcherbatov .
* Ryazan: Muromsky and Pronsky.
* Galich (Southern Galich): Babichev , Bakrinovsky, Volynsky, Drutsky, Drutsky-Ozeretsky, Drutsky-Sokolinsky, Drutsky-Gorsky, Drutsky-Lyubetsky , Drutsky-Podberezhsky, Zaslavsky, Lutsky, Ostrogski and Putyatin.
* Smolensk: Vyazemsky, Berezuisky, Dashkov, Zhizhemsky, Kozlovsky, Korkodinov, Kropotkin, Porkhovsky, Selekhovsky, Solomeretsky and Fominsky.
* Yaroslavl: Alabyshev, Alenkin, Belsky, Velikogagin, Golygin, Dulov, Deyev, Zhirovy-Zasekin, Zaozersky, Zasekin, Zubaty, Kubensky, Kurbsky, L'vov, Molozhsky, Mortkin, Okhlyabinin, Penkov, Prozorovsky, Sandyrevsky, Siseev, Sitsky, Sontsov, Sontsov-Zasekin, Sudsky, Temnosiny, Troekurov, Ukhorsky, Ushaty, Khvorostinin, Yukhotsky, Shamin, Shastunov, Shakhovsky, Shekhonsky, Shumorovsky and Shchetinin.
* Rostov: Bakhteyarov-Rostovsky, Brity-Rostovsky, Buinosov-Rostovsky, Bychkov-Rostovsky, Gvozdev-Rostovsky, Golenitsin-Rostovsky, Goluby-Rostovsky, Kasatkin-Rostovsky, Katyrev-Rostovsky, Lastkin-Rostovsky, Lobanov-Rostovsky, Priimkov-Rostovsky, Puzhbolsky-Rostovsky, Temkin-Rostovsky, Khokholkov-Rostovsky, Shchepin-Rostovsky and Yanov-Rostovsky.
* Beloozero: Andomsky, Beloselsky, Vadbolsky, Dyabrinsky, Kargolomsky, Kemsky, Sugorsky, Ukhtomsky and Sheleshpansky.
* Suzdal: Barbashin, Brukhaty-Shuisky, Glazaty-Shuisky, Gorbaty-Shuisky, Kirdyapin-Shuisky, Nizhegorodsky, Nogtev-Suzdalsky, Skopin-Shuisky and Shuisky.
* Moscow: Borovsky, Vereisky, Volotsky, Galitsky (Galich of Merya), Mozhaisky, Uglitsky and Shemyakin.
* Tver: Dorogobuzhsky, Kashinsky, Mikulinsky, Telyatevsky , Kholmsky and Chernyatinsky.
* Starodub: Gagarin , Golibesovsky, Gundorov, Kovrov, Krivoborsky, Lyalovsky, Nebogaty, Neuchkin, Ossipovsky, Paletsky, Pozharsky, Romodanovsky, Ryapolovsky, Tatev, Tulupov and Khilkov.

Noble families of Rurikid stock

who lost their princely titles, from princes of
* Chernigov: Satin.
* Smolensk: Aladyin, Beznosov, Bokeev, Burukhin, Vnukov, Vsevolozhsky, Gubastov, Danilov, Dmitriev, Dmitriev-Mamonov, Dobrynsky, Yeropkin, Zabolotsky, Ivanov, Karpov-Dalmatov, Kisleevsky, Knutov, Korobyin, Molody, Monastyrev, Mussorgsky, Netshin, Polev, Rezanov, Rzhevsky, Rozhestvensky, Sapogov, Solomin, Sudakov, Tatishchev, Tolbuzin, Travin, Tsyplyatev and Shukalovsky.
* Galich (Galich of Merya): Berezin, Ivin, Ilyin, Lyapunov, Ossinin.

See also

* Rulers of Kievan Rus'
* Grand Prince of Tver
* Knyaz