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    False Dmitry I (Russian: Лжедмитрий I, romanized: Lzhedmitriy I) (or Pseudo-Demetrius I) reigned as the Tsar of all Russia from 10 June 1605 until his...
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  • impersonated Dmitry Ivanovich, most prominently: False Dmitry I (1582–1606), who actually became Tsar of all Russia and reigned 1605–1606 False Dmitry II, active...
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    False Dmitry II (Russian: Лжедмитрий II, romanized: Lzhedmitrii II; died 21 December [O.S. 11 December] 1610), historically known as Pseudo-Demetrius II...
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  • Dymitriads False Dmitry I False Dmitry II His birthdate is claimed so he may not have been 29 when he died. Also known as Dmitry of Uglich False Dmitry IV may...
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    Terrible. She was mother of Tsarevich Dmitry of Uglich and played a role in the reign and deposition of False Dmitry I. Maria Feodorovna was the daughter...
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    step-father, Ivan Zarutsky. In November 1605, Marina Mniszech married False Dmitry I, Tsar of Russia and thus became Tsarita consort of All Russia. However...
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    leading to a violent succession crisis with numerous usurpers and false Dmitrys (imposters) claiming the title of tsar. Russia experienced the famine...
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    Lyapunov and his brother Zakhary Lyapunov sided with False Dmitry I who (upon being uncovered as a false Czar) was killed in a plot by Vasili IV Shuisky (Tsar)...
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    Troubles by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which had supported False Dmitry II as the Tsar of Russia since 1607. Tsar Vasili IV formed a military...
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    Troubles as the wife of False Dmitry I. Following the death of her husband, she later married another imposter to the throne, False Dmitry II. A devout Catholic...
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    (Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia) (1582–1591), the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible Later impostors claimed to be this son: False Dmitry I (Grigory...
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  • was a step towards granting the boyar rank to a non-noble. Even Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, though a Rurikid knyaz by birth and the "Saviour of the Motherland"...
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    command of Khlopko Kosolap. After the death of False Dmitry I, rumors spread around Moscow that it was not Dmitry who was killed in the palace, but someone...
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    chaos and foreign intervention. One of the imposters to the throne, False Dmitry I, laid claim to the title of imperator or tsesar (tsar), which was rejected...
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    Polish nobles conducted a series of skirmishes until the death of False Dmitry I in 1606, and they invaded again in 1607 until Russia formed a military...
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    (1208-1216), medieval Albanian prince Pseudo-Demetrius I, also known as False Dmitry I, Tsar of Russia, ruled 1605–1606 Demetrius the Neomartyr (1779–1803)...
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    imploring him to accept the throne. Job was known as a harsh critic of False Dmitry I and he tried to persuade the people of Moscow to remain loyal to the...
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    the reign of the False Dmitry I. In 1606, he conducted negotiations with the Polish envoys. Two years later, he betrayed the False Dmitry and tried to become...
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    impetus for the repeated emergence of impostors such as False Dmitry I, False Dmitry II, and False Dmitry III. On the death of Boris, who had become tsar, and...
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    assassins. Also, it is well known that many Polish nobles who supported False Dmitry I did not believe his story themselves. The death of the tsarevich roused...
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  • the death of Tsar Fedor in 1598. He led the government forces against False Dmitry I. After the impostor seized power, he was able to retain his position...
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  • as False Dmitry I (aka the Monk Grigory Otrepiev), impostor, Tsar of all Russia (1605-1606) Olga Kalitska as Marina Mniszech, Tsarina, wife of False Dmitry...
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    rebellion in the third season. Pugachev's Oak Pugachev False Dmitry I False Dmitry II False Dmitry III Princess Tarakanova Romanov impostors Alexander 1973...
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    readily believed that Dmitry was alive and supported several False Dmitrys (see False Dmitry I, False Dmitry II, False Dmitry III), who each tried to...
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    Novgorod-Seversky was the first major battle of False Dmitry I against Boris Godunov. False Dmitry I crossed the border of the Tsardom of Russia in winter...
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    There followed a series of impostors, known as the False Dmitrys, each claiming to be Feodor I's long deceased younger brother; however, only the first...
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  • Xenia Borisovna, Russian princess, forcibly taken as a concubine by False Dmitry I Periander, tyrant of Corinth, was said to have experienced rape by deception...
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    because they were commoners." The tsar's family relationship with False Dmitry I, False Dmitry II, and Prince Wladyslaw was covered up, even the two years Mikhail...
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  • Dmitry Donskoy (1350–1389) was a Russian prince. Dmitry Donskoy may also refer to: False Dmitry I, or Dmitriy I Donskoi of Moscow Russian submarine Dmitriy...
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    became tsarina of Russia by her marriage to the impostor False Dmitry I and later to False Dmitry II. Many wives were chosen by bride-show (the custom of...
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