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Vasili IV of Russia

Vasili IV of Russia was the last Rurikid tsar Tsar

Tsar , occasionally spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English [i] ... 

 of Russia Russia

Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country [i] that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia [i] ... 

 between 1606 and 1610. Born Knyaz  Vasily Vasilievich Shuisky Shuisky

Princes Shuisky were a Rurikid [i] family of boyar [i]s descending from Grand Duke [i] Dmitry Konstantinovich [i] ... 

 and descended from sovereign princes of Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened as Nizhny and also transliterated [i] ... 

, he was one of the leading boyar Boyar

A boyar or bolyarin was a member of the highest rank of the feudal [i] Russia [i]n, Romania [i]n ... 

s of Muscovy Muscovy

Muscovy is a traditional Western name for the Russia [i]n state that existed from the 14th century [i] ... 

 during the reigns of Feodor I Feodor I of Russia

Feodor I Ivanovich was the last Rurikid [i] Tsar [i] of Russia [i], son of Ivan the Terrible [i] ... 

 and Boris Godunov Boris Godunov

Boris Feodorovich Godunov was de facto regent of Russia from 1584 [i] to 1598 [i] and then the first n ... 

. In all the court intrigues, Vasily and his younger brother Dmitry Shuisky usually acted together and fought as one. It was he who, in obedience to the secret orders of Tsar Boris, went to Uglich Uglich

Uglich is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast [i], Russia [i], on the Volga River [i]. ... 

 to inquire into the cause of the death of Dmitry Ivanovich Tsarevich Dimitri

Tsarevich Demetrius, or Tsarevich Dimitri, or Dmitriy Ivanovich, also known as Dmitry of... 

, the infant son of Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV of Russia

Ivan IV Vasilyevich was the Grand Duke of Muscovy [i] from 1533 [i] to 1547 [i] and was the first ruler ... 

, who had perished there in mysterious circumstances, allegedly killed by the agents of Boris.

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Vasili IV of Russia was the last Rurikid tsar Tsar

Tsar , occasionally spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English [i] ... 

 of Russia Russia

Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country [i] that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia [i] ... 

 between 1606 and 1610.

Born Knyaz  Vasily Vasilievich Shuisky Shuisky

Princes Shuisky were a Rurikid [i] family of boyar [i]s descending from Grand Duke [i] Dmitry Konstantinovich [i]... 

 and descended from sovereign princes of Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened as Nizhny and also transliterated [i] ... 

, he was one of the leading boyar Boyar

A boyar or bolyarin was a member of the highest rank of the feudal [i] Russia [i]n, Romania [i]n ... 

s of Muscovy Muscovy

Muscovy is a traditional Western name for the Russia [i]n state that existed from the 14th century [i] ... 

 during the reigns of Feodor I Feodor I of Russia

Feodor I Ivanovich was the last Rurikid [i] Tsar [i] of Russia [i], son of Ivan the Terrible [i] ... 

 and Boris Godunov Boris Godunov

Boris Feodorovich Godunov was de facto regent of Russia from 1584 [i] to 1598 [i] and then the first n... 

. In all the court intrigues, Vasily and his younger brother Dmitry Shuisky usually acted together and fought as one.

It was he who, in obedience to the secret orders of Tsar Boris, went to Uglich Uglich

Uglich is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast [i], Russia [i], on the Volga River [i]. ... 

 to inquire into the cause of the death of Dmitry Ivanovich Tsarevich Dimitri

Tsarevich Demetrius, or Tsarevich Dimitri, or Dmitriy Ivanovich, also known as Dmitry of... 

, the infant son of Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV of Russia

Ivan IV Vasilyevich was the Grand Duke of Muscovy [i] from 1533 [i] to 1547 [i] and was the first ruler... 

, who had perished there in mysterious circumstances, allegedly killed by the agents of Boris. Shuisky reported that it was a case of suicide Suicide

Suicide is the act of willfully ending one's own life [i]. ... 

; yet, on the death of Boris and the accession of his son Feodor II Feodor II of Russia

Feodor II of Russia was a tsar [i] of Russia [i]. ... 

, the crafty boyar, in order to gain favour with the first False Dmitriy I False Dmitriy I

False Dmitriy I, Cyrillic [i] ???????, was one of three pretender [i]s to the Russia [i] ... 

, went back upon his own words and recognized the pretender as the real Dmitriy, thus bringing about the assassination of the young Feodor.

Shuisky then plotted against the false Dmitriy and procured his death , in addition to confessing publicly that the real Dmitriy had been indeed slain and that the reigning tsar was an impostor. Shuisky's adherents thereupon proclaimed him tsar Tsar

Tsar , occasionally spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English [i] ... 

 on . He reigned till July 19, 1610, but was never generally recognized. Even in Moscow Moscow

Moscow is the capital [i] of Russia [i] and the country's principal political, economic, financial, edu ... 

 itself he had little or no authority, and only avoided deposition by the dominant boyars because they had no-one to put in his place.

Only the popularity of his heroic cousin, Prince Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky

Prince [i] Mikhail Vasiliyevich Skopin-Shuisky was a youthful Russia [i]n statesman [i] and military fig ... 

, who led his armies and fought his battles for him, and soldiers from Sweden Sweden

The Kingdom of Sweden is a Nordic country [i] in Scandinavia [i]. ... 

, whose assistance he purchased by the cession of Russian territory, kept him for a time on his unstable throne. In 1610 he was deposed by his former adherents Princes Vorotynsky Vorotynsky

Vorotynsky was one of the most eminent Rurikid [i] princely houses of Muscovite Russia [i].... 

 and Mstislavsky, made a monk, and finally transported to Warsaw Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital [i] of Poland [i] and its largest city. ... 

 by the Polish hetman Hetman

Hetman was the title of the second highest military commander used in 15th [i] to 18th century [i] ... 

, Stanislaus Zolkiewski Stanislaw Zólkiewski

... 

 . He died a prisoner in the castle of Gostynin, near Warsaw Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital [i] of Poland [i] and its largest city. ... 

, in 1612.
References

See D. I. Ilovaisky, The Troubled Period of the Muscovite Realm , ; S. I. Platonov, Sketches of the Great Anarchy in the Realm of Moscow ; D. V. Tsvyeltev, Tsar Vasily Shuisky , .

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