Tsar
Explore 3 of history's most influential tsar, ranked by historical influence. Each figure links to a full biography, feats, trivia and similar people.
Peter the Great
85Peter the Great was the Russian tsar who transformed Russia into a major European power, modernizing its army, government and society along Western lines and founding the new capital of Saint Petersburg.
Ivan the Terrible
82Ivan the Terrible was the first Tsar of Russia, who centralized power, expanded Russian territory into Siberia and the Volga region, and created the Russian autocratic state — but also unleashed a reign of terror that earned him his epithet.
Nicholas II
80Nicholas II was the last Tsar of Russia whose failures of leadership — autocratic rigidity, military catastrophe in World War I, and refusal to reform — led to his abdication in 1917, the Bolshevik seizure of power, and his execution with his family by the Soviets in 1918.