 Imba yacho yakava maboyars chinzvimbo chepamusoro-soro muvakuru veRussia cheGreat Duchy yeMoscow uye gare gare yeCzarism yeRussia pasi peimba yaitonga yaRurik, iyo yakatsakatika parufu rwaTsar Feodor I muna 1598. Nguva yeMatambudziko, yakakonzerwa nedambudziko rekutsiva rakatevera, yakaona vanoverengeka vanonyepedzera uye vanonyengera False Dmitris vachirwira korona panguva yePolish-Muscovite Hondo ya1605-1618. Musi wa 21 Kukadzi 1613, Zemsky Sobor yakasarudza Michael Romanov saMambo weRussia, ichisimbisa mhuri yaRomanovs semhuri yechipiri inotonga yeRussia. Muzukuru waMichael Peter I, uyo akavamba Umambo hweRussia muna 1721, akachinja nyika yacho kuva simba guru kupfurikidza nhevedzano yehondo nedzimwe gadziridzo. Mutsara wavarume wakananga wevaRomanov wakapera pakafa Mambokadzi Elizabeth weRussia muna 1762, nokudaro Dzimba dzeHolstein-Gottorp bazi remhuri yechiGerman yeOldenburg iyo yaitonga muDenmark yakakwira pachigaro choumambo mumunhu waPeter III. Vanozivikanwa zviri pamutemo senhengo dzeImba yaRomanov, vazukuru vaElizabeth dzimwe nguva vanonzi Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. Kubvisa chigaro kwaMambo Nicholas II somugumisiro weFebruary Revolution kwakagumisa makore 304 ekutonga kwaRomanov uye kwakatungamirira kugadziriro yeRussian Republic pasi peRussian Provisional Government mukutungamira kweHondo yeVanhu yeRussia ya1917-1922. Muna 1918 vakuru vakuru veBolshevik vakauraya aimbova Mambo nemhuri yake. Pamitezo 65 yeImba yaRomanov, 47 vakapukunyuka vakaenda kunyika yokumwe. 