The Tsardom of Russia, also known as the Tsardom of Rus, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter the Great in 1721.

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Inception: 1547

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Inception: 1547

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