Over the past 300-odd years of autocracy in Russia was directly related to the Romanov dynasty.They managed to gain a foothold on the throne in the days of the Troubles.The sudden appearance on the political horizon of the new dynasty is the largest event in the life of any state.It is usually accompanied by a coup or revolution, but in any case the change of power pulls the removal of the old ruling elite by force.
Background
In Russia, the emergence of a new dynasty was due to the fact that the branch was broken with the death of Rurik descendants of Ivan IV the Terrible.This situation in the country has created not only a deep political and social crisis.Ultimately this led to the fact that in the affairs of the state began to intervene foreigners.
should be noted that never in Russian history has not changed so often rulers, which led to a new dynasty, after the death of Ivan the Terrible.At the time, claimed the throne, not only the elite, but also other social strata.Foreigners have also tried to intervene in the struggle for power.
On the throne one after another in the face of the descendants of Rurik Basil Shuisky (1606-1610), representatives of the untitled nobility headed by Boris Godunov (1597-1605), were all impostors - False Dmitry I (1605-1606) and False Dmitry II (1607-1610).But none of them did not manage to stay in power for a long time.It was not until 1613, it has not yet reached the Russian tsars of the Romanov dynasty.
Origin
Immediately it should be noted that this kind of as such went from Zakharieva.But the Romanovs - not quite true surname.It all started with the fact that the Patriarch Filaret, t. E. Fedor Zakharov, decided to change his name.Guided by the fact that his father was Nikita Romanovich, and his grandfather - Roman Yurevich, he invented his name "Romanov".Thus was born the new name used in our time.
Romanov dynasty (reigned 1613-1917) began with Mikhail Fedorovich.After he came to the throne Alexei Mikhailovich, nicknamed by the people "quietest".Next was Theodore A..Then the rules of the Queen Sophia and Ivan V Alekseevich.
During the reign of Peter I - in 1721 - the state completely reformed and became the Russian Empire.Kings have sunk into oblivion.Now the emperor became emperor.A total of 19 Russian Romanovs gave rulers.Among them - the 5 women.Here is a table which clearly shows all the Romanov dynasty, and the reign of titles.
As mentioned above, the throne and is sometimes occupied by women.But the government of Paul I passed a law that henceforth the title of Emperor could only be the direct successor of the number of men.Since then, no woman no longer ascend the throne.
Romanov Dynasty, during the reign of whom come not always quiet times, even in 1856, received its official emblem.It depicts a vulture holding in the paws tharch and golden sword.The edges are decorated with the coat of arms of eight severed heads of lions.
Last Emperor
In 1917, seized power in the country, the Bolsheviks, who overthrew the government.Emperor Nicholas II was the last of the Romanov dynasty.He was given the nickname "Bloody" because during the two revolutions of 1905 and 1917 at his command was killed thousands of people.
Historians believe that the last emperor was a mild ruler, so made some unforgivable mistakes both in domestic and foreign policy.They have led to the situation in the country escalated to the limit.Failures in the Japanese and then the First World War severely undermined the authority of the Emperor and the entire royal family.
In 1917, on the night of July 17, the royal family, which included, in addition to the emperor and his wife, five children and has been shot by the Bolsheviks.Then death and the sole heir to the Russian throne - little son Nicholas, Alex.
Our time
Romanovs - an ancient boyar family that gave Russia the great dynasty of kings, and later emperors.They ruled the state a little more than three hundred years, from the XVI century.The Romanov dynasty, the reign that ended with the coming to power of the Bolsheviks, was lost, but several branches of this kind exist today.All of them live abroad.About 200 of them have different titles, but no one will be able to take the throne, even if the restoration of the monarchy.
