Who were the important people in the Russian Monarchy, While Peter the Great was leader?
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use wikipedia. Important person was Menshikov, childhood buddy of Peter. Important place is St-Petersburg, the city he build to serve as gateway to Europe. Poet Puskin later called this  "cutting a window to Europe".
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For information about population, geography, major industries and religions use the CIA World Factbook (I'll link to it below).  For information about culture, history and important monuments, use Wikipedia (which I'll also link to).\n\nSome general facts to get you started:\n\nCapital: Moscow\nLanguage: Russian\nPopulation: about 143 million\nSize: about 17 million square kilometers (largest country)\n\nRussia used to be part of the Communist USSR.  The USSR dissolved in December of 1991 under the power of Boris Yeltsin, but the major societal changes came from Mikhail Gorbachev.  He introduced politcies of perestroika (restructuring through economic reform) and glasnost (openness through free speech and political debate).
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Primary leaders? There were 8 different party leaders within the time of the USSR's existence from 1920 to 1990. \nVladimir Lenin\nJoseph Stalin\nGeorgy Malenkov\nNikita Khrushchev\nLeonid Brezhnev\nYuri Andropov\nKonstantin Chernenko\nMikhail Gorbachev
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Yes.Exactly.\nWhich Tsar?
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It has a little to do with religion, but more to do with politics.  The Greeks were the originators of Orthodox Catholicism.  The Russians adopted it later and everyone was happy for a while.  Then the Greeks declined and Russia ascended in power.  When Byzantium collapsed, the Russians essentially took over as leaders and protectors of the Orthodox religion.  Of course they made certain changes that the Greeks didn't agree with and you see your first big split.  All's cool again for a while until Russian Orthodoxy decides to make a few reforms.  Nothing major, but trying to correct some corrupted texts, slightly change a few traditions, that sort of thing.  Unfortunately, the Russian method of encouraging change has always been rather...forceful.  Whoever wouldn't change was excomunicated.  The big problem with this was that it seemed to say that all the people and saints who had gone before and practiced Orthodoxy by the old ways were irredeemably wrong.  Certain traditional Russians couldn't accept such this, and the second big split occurred.  Then you have Russia's imperial ambitions.  Russia thought of itself as the defender of the faith, with Moscow being like a '3rd Rome.' It wished to be a hegemon in Eastern Europe and used this religious mandate as justification.  The other countries would have been more or less willing to let Russia have it's way - it's nice having big friends, after all - except that as the best and the biggest, Russia expected these other countries to become like mini-Russias.  Russia thus tried to impose its language, government, religion, etc. on them.  Eventually these countries had enough and wanted to split.  Now keep in mind that religion at this time is inherently linked to power and to government.  To split from Russia but keep its religious leaders as the head of your religion is not to split from Russia at all.  So you end up seeing a lot of nationally divided splinter groups.  I'm not saying there aren't also legitimate theological differences, but they were probbly  initiated and exaggerated by political factors.
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Kings and Queens of which country??\n\nIn the olden days in some countries even brothers or cousins would seek to wrest the throne from each other.\n\nMany years ago the passage of the Monarchy became more civilised, following normal Line of Succession. Since 1700/1701 the Line of Succession follows that set down in the Act of Settlement as recently revised.\n\n>Can Royalty be evicted into the streets and some one else rule?\n\nWell, not necessarily into the streets. Just check what actually happened in Russia about 1918.\n\nAnd it might be said that "William the Conqueror" (also known by less flattering names) did take the Throne of England by conquest and crowned himself as King.\n\nUsually, though, there is an orderly succession. This is good. It provides stability for the country. Unlike countries who have a new head of state every four or eight years.\n\nThe UK's Royal Family has been in the "business" for over 1,000 years.
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People who followed after Leon Trotsky who was a Russion revolutionary leader.
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Borat said it right! Stalin IS the greatest Emperor of all time, pussies just don't like to admit it because he killed a few million innocent people. He was decisive, bold, energetic, windy, explosive, and not gay. Those adjectives add up to one superb leader! If he were our President today, illegal immigration and terrorism would not be a problem because he would have killed all Spanish and terrorists at birth! Go Stalin Go!
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like when? the city is 850 years old, and spend half that time being capital of Russia, so lotsa stuff went down.\n\nhere are just some benchmarks that are not so obvious from general history of Russia\n\n1250 - Founded by Yuri Dolgorukii, who ruled Russia from then-captial Kiev\n\n1533-1580 reign of Ivan the Terrible, who finished consolidating power in Moscow. The city witnesses some gruesome medieval-style executions, hence the "Terrible" nickname.\n\n~1610 As a result of civil war after Ivan's death, Moscow is taken by Polish troops, who are soon kicked out by russian militia\n\n~1710 Peter the Great moves capital to freshly Built Saint Petersburg. Moscow become a provincial city\n\n1812 Napoleon invasion. After a bloody Borodino battle, Russians set fire to the city & abandon it.  Napoleon moves in nonetheless, rans out of food and is forced to retreat in the middle of winter, loosing most of his army.\n\n1924 Communists move capital back to Moscow since St-Petersburg (renamed Leningrad) was too close to border with capitalist Finland.\n\nwinter 1941-1942 Battle of Moscow, outgunned Russian troops aided by Russian winter stop Germans miles away front he city and counterattack.\n\n1991 Hard-line communists attempt a coup against Gorbachev's liberalization. Mass protests in Moscow, headed by Boris Yeltsin. Military moves in, but takes the side of protesters, and the coup fails. Yeltsin uses resulting political capital to disband Soviet Union.\n\n1993 Right-wing parliament starts a standoff with Yelstin, resulting in troops moving in again. This time, fighting erupts, ~100 people die and parliament building is shelled by tanks. Yeltsin prevails, parliament assumes "puppy dog" posture from then on.
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http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/a/a4/Soviet_leaders_timeline.png\n\nMikhail Kalinin (January 17, 1938 - March 19, 1946) \nNikolay Shvernik (March 19, 1946 - March 6, 1953) \nKliment Voroshilov (March 15, 1953 - May 7, 1960) \nLeonid Brezhnev (May 7, 1960- July 15, 1964) \nAnastas Mikoyan (July 15, 1964 - December 9, 1965) \nNikolai Podgorny (December 9, 1965 - June 16, 1977) \nLeonid Brezhnev (June 16, 1977 - November 10, 1982) (died in office) \nVasily Kuznetsov (November 10, 1982 - June 16, 1983) (acting) \nYuri Andropov (June 16, 1983 - February 9, 1984) (died in office) \nVasily Kuznetsov February 9, 1984 - April 11, 1984) (acting) \nKonstantin Chernenko (April 11, 1984 - March 10, 1985) (died in office) \nVasily Kuznetsov (March 10, 1985 - July 27, 1985) (acting) \nAndrei Gromyko (July 27, 1985 - October 1, 1988) \nMikhail Gorbachev (October 1, 1988 - May 25, 1989) (office renamed)\n\nOn March 15, 1990 most constitutional powers were transfered to the newly created office of the President of the Soviet Union. Anatoly Lukyanov was elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet to replace Mikhail Gorbachev. Although the Chairman's office retained its name, it was now that of a parliamentary speaker, not a head of state. Real executive powers were retained by Mikhail Gorbachev. \n\nPresident of the Soviet Union \nMikhail Gorbachev (March 15, 1990 - December 25, 1991) (office abolished with the dissolution of the USSR) \nGennady Yanayev (acting; in opposition) (August 19, 1991 - August 21, 1991)
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Emperor Franz Josef of Russia, because he was a noble stateman and daring explorer.  I am sure he would have some great stories of life and death to impart upon me and my other dinner guests!
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It was a monarchy, but Hirohito wielded little actual power.  He was being controlled by his generals, so in practice it was more of an oligarchy.
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http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/russia/ivantheterrible.html\n\n Here is a link that should help you out.  Pay attention to the part that talks about the second part of his reign, when he did away with his advisors and ruled with complete autonomy. This should be what you are looking for.
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I would say Lennin. \n\nUnder his leadership the Russian Revolution too place and started the great communist experiment. He did not rule like Stalin, but he did know what he wanted for his beloved Russia.
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Boris Yeltsin was a former President of Russia
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Queen Victoria\n\nShe was Queen of England, and grandmother to both Kaiser Wilhelm and Tsarina Alexandra.
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it was created by Peter the Great in 1703.