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Michael of Russia

1596 - 1645

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Michael I (Russian: Михаил Фёдорович Романов, romanized: Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov; 22 July [O.S. 12 July] 1596 – 23 July [O.S. 13 July] 1645) was Tsar of all Russia from 1613 until his death in 1645. He was elected by the Zemsky Sobor and was the first tsar of the House of Romanov, which succeeded the House of Rurik. He was the son of Feodor Nikitich Romanov (later known as Patriarch Filaret) and of Xenia Shestova. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael of Russia has received more than 1,283,362 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Michael of Russia is the 699th most popular politician (down from 626th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 83rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Russian Politician.

Michael of Russia is most famous for being the first tsar of Russia. He succeeded his father, Ivan IV, in 1547 and ruled until his death in 1584.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michael of Russia ranks 699 out of 19,576Before him are Ferdinand VII of Spain, Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Gideon, Boris Godunov, Moon Jae-in, and Shehbaz Sharif. After him are Romanos IV Diogenes, Augustus III of Poland, Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, Constantine I of Greece, Ante Pavelić, and Khosrow II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Michael of Russia ranks 2Before him is René Descartes. After him are Frederick V of the Palatinate, Pietro da Cortona, Jan van Goyen, Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Nicola Amati, Pieter Claesz, Baldassare Longhena, Emperor Go-Mizunoo, Peter Mogila, and Johan Banér. Among people deceased in 1645, Michael of Russia ranks 3Before him are Miyamoto Musashi, and Hugo Grotius. After him are Li Zicheng, William Laud, Francisco de Quevedo, Nur Jahan, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Marie de Gournay, Feng Menglong, Anthony van Diemen, and Eudoxia Streshneva.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Michael of Russia ranks 82 out of 3,761Before him are Paul Karrer (1889), Andrei Rublev (1360), Ivan III of Russia (1440), Anna Pavlova (1881), Konstantin Stanislavski (1863), and Boris Godunov (1552). After him are Feodor I of Russia (1557), Alexander Suvorov (1730), Alexander Scriabin (1871), Alexander Kerensky (1881), Otto Wallach (1847), and Martti Ahtisaari (1937).

Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Michael of Russia ranks 29Before him are Frederick I of Prussia (1657), Yaroslav the Wise (978), Peter II of Russia (1715), Anna of Russia (1693), Ivan III of Russia (1440), and Boris Godunov (1552). After him are Feodor I of Russia (1557), Alexander Kerensky (1881), Martti Ahtisaari (1937), Dmitry Medvedev (1965), Alexis of Russia (1629), and Nikolai Bukharin (1888).