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Maryna Mniszech
Read more...In 1584, Ivan the Terrible died and was succeeded by his elder son, Tsar Feodor I. The new tsar exiled his younger half-brother, Tsarevich Dmitry, to the small town of Uglich, where he died in myster...
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Basil IV Shuisky
Read more...Prince Basil Ivanovich Shuisky came from an old branch of the Suzdal princes descended from Rurik. He was the son of an unknown woman and Ivan Andreyevich Shuisky, a boyar descended from Prince Andre...
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False Dmitry
Read more...When the government of Normal 0 false false false RU X-NONE X-NONE Boris Godunov learnt that someone claiming to be Tsarevich Dmitry had surfaced in Poland, they immediately launched an investigation...
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Feodor II
Read more...Feodor II was the son of Boris Godunov. An intelligent and cultivated youth, he became tsar at the age of sixteen, during one of the most difficult periods in Russian history. He ruled the country fo...
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Boris Godunov
Read more...Boris Godunov was descended from a Tatar who had abandoned the Golden Horde during the reign of Ivan Kalita. He took the Christian name of Zacharius and founded the Ipatiev Monastery. In Russia, the ...
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