Editing List of Russian people (section)

===Monarchs===
{{Main|Russian rulers}}
[[File:Ivan III of Russia 3.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Ivan the Great]]]]
*[[Rurik]], ruler of [[Novgorod]], progenitor of the [[Rurikid Dynasty]], traditionally the first ruler of Russia[[File:1000 Vladimir 2.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Vladimir the Great]]]]
*[[Oleg the Seer|Oleg]] "the Seer", conqueror of [[Kiev]] and founder of [[Kievan Rus']], famous for his wars with the [[Byzantium]]
*[[Igor of Kiev|Igor]] "the Old", first historically well-attested [[Rurikid]] ruler
*[[St. Olga|Olga]], first female ruler of Rus' ([[regent]]), the first [[Christians|Christian]] among Russian rulers
*[[Vladimir of Kiev|Vladimir I]] "the Great", turned saint from pagan and enacted the [[Christianization of Kievan Rus']]
*[[Yaroslav of Kiev|Yaroslav I]] "the Wise", reigned in the period when Kievan Rus' reached the zenith of its cultural flowering and military power, founder of [[Yaroslavl]]
*[[Vladimir II Monomakh]], defender of Rus' from [[Cuman]] nomads, presided over the end of the [[Golden Age]] of Kiev
*[[Yury I]] "the Long-Handed", founder of Moscow
*[[Andrey Bogolyubsky|Andrey I]], "Bogolyubsky" (the God-Loving), key figure in transition of political power from Kiev to [[Vladimir-Suzdal]]
[[File:Alexander Newski.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Alexander Nevsky]]]]
*[[Vsevolod the Big Nest|Vsevolod]] "the Big Nest", the Grand Prince of Vladimir during its Golden Age, had 14 children
*[[Alexander Nevsky]], [[Prince of Novgorod]] and Grand Prince of Vladimir, military hero famous for the [[Battle of Neva]] and the [[Battle of the Ice]], [[patron saint]] and the ''[[Name of Russia (Russia TV)|Name of Russia]]''
*[[Ivan Kalita|Ivan I]] "the Moneybag", brought wealth and power to Moscow by maintaining his loyalty to the [[Golden Horde]] and acting as its chief tax collector in Russia
*[[Simeon Gordy|Simeon]] "the Proud", continued the policies of his father Ivan I, died of the [[Black Death]]
*[[Dmitry Donskoy]], saint and war hero, the first Prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol authority in Russia, famous for the [[Battle of Kulikovo]]
*[[Ivan III]] "the Great", reunited the Central and Northern Rus', [[Great stand on the Ugra river|put an end]] to the [[Mongol yoke]], brought [[Renaissance architecture]] to Russia
*[[Ivan the Terrible|Ivan IV]], the first [[Tsar of Russia]], called "the Terrible" in the West; transformed Russia into a multiethnic, multiconfessional, and [[transcontinental state]]
*[[Boris Godunov]], the first non-Rurikid monarch[[File:Ivan the Terrible (cropped).JPG|90px|thumb|[[Ivan the Terrible]]]]
*[[False Dmitriy I]], the first impostor during the [[Time of Troubles]]
*[[Vasili IV]] [[Shuisky]], Tsar elected during the Time of Troubles
*[[False Dmitry II]], the second impostor during the Time of Troubles
*[[Tsar Michael|Mikhail]], first [[Romanov Dynasty|Romanov]] monarch, oversaw the largest ever expansion of Russia's territory, reaching the Pacific
[[File:Peter der-Grosse 1838.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Peter the Great]]]]
*[[Peter the Great|Peter I]] "the Great", first Russian emperor, polymath craftsman and inventor, modernized [[Imperial Russian Army|Russian Army]] and westernized culture, won the [[Great Northern War]], founded the [[Russian Navy]] and the new capital [[Saint Petersburg]]
*[[Catherine I]], first Russian empress
*[[Elizabeth of Russia|Elizabeth]], "the Merry Empress" during the era of high [[Baroque]]
*[[Catherine the Great|Catherine II]] "the Great", German-born Russian Empress during the [[Age of Enlightenment]], significantly expanded Russia's territory
[[File:Скульптура Екатерины II в "Русском Музее", г.Санкт-Петербург (2).jpg|90px|thumb|[[Catherine the Great]]]]
*[[Alexander I of Russia|Alexander I]], first Russian king of Poland and first Russian grand duke of Finland
*[[Aleksandr II|Alexander II]] "the Liberator", enacted the "Great Reforms" in Russian economy and social structure, including the [[emancipation reform of 1861]]
*[[Alexander III of Russia|Alexander III]] "the Peacemaker", reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II; this policy is known in Russia as "counter-reforms"; he also opposed any reform that limited his autocratic rule; during his reign, Russia fought no major wars
*[[Nicholas II]], the last actual emperor, forced to abdicate after the [[February Revolution]], killed with his family during the [[Russian Civil War]]