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Tsarevich (, ) was a title given to the sons of . The female equivalent was tsarevna.
Under the 1797 Pauline Laws, the title was discontinued and replaced with tsesarevich for the heir apparent alone. His younger brothers were given the title of veliky knyaz, translated as grand prince or, more commonly, as grand duke.
Historically, the term was also applied to descendants of the khans (tsars) of Kazan, Qasim Khanate, and Siberia Khanate after these had been conquered by Russia. The descendants of the deposed royal families of Georgia or the batonishvili were given the titles of tsarevich until 1833, when they were demoted to knyaz after a failed coup to restore the Georgian monarchy.
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