List of Russian monarchs
Tsars of Russia, 1547–1721
Vasili's son Ivan the Terrible formalized the situation by assuming the title Tsar of All the Russias in 1547, when the state of Russia (apart from its constituent principalities) came into formal being.

List of Russian monarchs

Section Title: Tsars of Russia, 1547–1721
Table Section Text: Vasili's son Ivan the Terrible formalized the situation by assuming the title Tsar of All the Russias in 1547, when the state of Russia (apart from its constituent principalities) came into formal being.

Name	Lifespan	Reign start	Reign end	Notes	Family	Image

Boris Godunov Борис Годунов	c. 1551 – 13 April 1605	21 February 1598	13 April 1605	Brother-in-law of Feodor I Elected by Zemsky Sobor	Godunov

Feodor II Feodor Borisovich Фёдор Борисович	1589 – 20 June 1605	13 April 1605	10 June 1605	Son of Boris Godunov and Maria Grigorievna Skuratova-Belskaya Murdered	Godunov

Grigory Otrepyev (de facto) Dmitry Ivanovich (de jure) (False Dmitry I) Григорий Отрепьев (de facto) Дмитрий Иванович (de jure) (Лжедмитрий I)	c. 1581 – 17 May 1606	10 June 1605	17 May 1606	Claiming to be Dmitry Ivanovich, son of Ivan IV, he was the only imposter to actually sit on the throne of a major power Backed by Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Murdered	Rurikids (claimed)

Vasily IV Vasily Ivanovich (Vasily Shuysky) Василий Иванович (Василий Шуйский)	22 September 1552 – 12 September 1612	19 May 1606	17 July 1610 (deposed)	Ninth generation descendant of Andrei II in the male line	Shuysky

Władysław IV Vasa Владислав IV Ваза	9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648	6 September 1610	November 1612 (deposed) 14 June 1634 (resigned his claim)	King of Poland Son of Sigismund III Vasa and Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland	Vasa

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In 1610, Władysław IV Vasa was elected Tsar of Russia.

final_sentence: In 1610, Władysław IV Vasa was elected Tsar of Russia.