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Vasili IV of Russia (other transliterations: Vasily, Vasiliy, Vasilii) (September 22 1552 – September 12, 1612) was Tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610 after the murder of False Dmitriy I
False Dmitriy I

False Dmitriy I was the Tsar of Russia from 21 July 1605 until his death on 17 May 1606 under the name of Dimitriy Ioannovich . He is sometimes referred to under the usurped title of Dmitriy II....
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Vasili IV of Russia (other transliterations: Vasily, Vasiliy, Vasilii) (September 22 1552 – September 12, 1612) was Tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610 after the murder of False Dmitriy I
False Dmitriy I

False Dmitriy I was the Tsar of Russia from 21 July 1605 until his death on 17 May 1606 under the name of Dimitriy Ioannovich . He is sometimes referred to under the usurped title of Dmitriy II....
. His reign fell during the Time of Troubles
Time of Troubles

The Time of Troubles was a period of History of Russia comprising the years of interregnum between the death of the last Tsardom of Russia Tsar Feodor I of Russia of the Rurik Dynasty in 1598 and the establishment of the Romanov Dynasty in 1613....
.

Born Prince
Knyaz

Kniaz?, knyaz or knez is a slavic title found in most Slavic languages, denoting a Royal family nobility rank. It is usually translated into English as either Prince or less commonly as Duke....
 Vasily Ivanovich Shuisky
Shuisky

The Princes Shuisky were a Rurikid family of boyars descending from Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Vladimir-Suzdal and Prince Andrei II of Russia, brother to Alexander Nevsky....
 and descended from sovereign princes of Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, ranking after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Novosibirsk....
, he was one of the leading boyar
Boyar

A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the Feudalism Moscovy, Kievan Rusian, Bulgarian, Wallachian, and Moldavian Aristocracy, second only to the ruling knyazs , from the 10th century through the 17th century....
s of Tsardom of Russia
Tsardom of Russia

The Tsardom of Rus was the official name for the Russian state between Ivan IV's assumption of the title of Tsar in 1547 and Peter the Great's foundation of the Russian Empire in 1721....
 during the reigns of Feodor I
Feodor I of Russia

Fyodor I Ivanovich was the last Rurik Dynasty Tsar of Russia , son of Ivan the Terrible and Anastacia of Russia. He is known as Feodor the Bellringer in consequence of his inclination to travel the land and Russian Orthodox bell ringing at churches....
 and Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov

Boris Fyodorovich Godunov was de facto regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurik Dynasty tsar from 1598 to 1605. The end of his reign saw Russia descending into the Time of Troubles....
. In all the court intrigues of the Time of Troubles
Time of Troubles

The Time of Troubles was a period of History of Russia comprising the years of interregnum between the death of the last Tsardom of Russia Tsar Feodor I of Russia of the Rurik Dynasty in 1598 and the establishment of the Romanov Dynasty in 1613....
, Vasily and his younger brother Dmitry Shuisky
Dmitry Shuisky

Prince Dmitry Ivanovich Shuisky was a Russian boyar from the Shuisky family, a younger brother to Vasily IV of Russia.As a playmate of young Tsarevich Feodor I of Russia, Dmitry was said to accompany him day and night in his devout wanderings from monastery to monastery....
 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 types of inhabited localities in Russia in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, on the Volga River. Population: A local tradition dates the town's origins to 937....
 to inquire into the cause of the death of the Tsarevich
Tsarevich

Tsarevich is a Slavic term for the Tsar's son. Under the Pauline house law, the term was discontinued. The tsar's eldest son , came to be called Tsesarevich....
 Dmitry Ivanovich, the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, who had perished there in mysterious circumstances. Shuisky reported that it was a case of suicide
Suicide

Suicide is the intentional taking of one's own life. Many dictionaries also note the metaphorical sense of "willful destruction of one's self-interest"....
, though rumors abounded that the Tsarevich had been assassinated on the orders of the regent Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov

Boris Fyodorovich Godunov was de facto regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurik Dynasty tsar from 1598 to 1605. The end of his reign saw Russia descending into the Time of Troubles....
. Some suspected that Dmitry escaped the assassination and that another boy was killed in his place, providing impetus for the repeated appearance of impostors (See False Dmitry I, False Dmitry II
False Dmitry II

False Dmitry II , also called the rebel of Tushino, was the second of three pretenders to the Russian throne who claimed to be tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich, the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible....
, and False Dmitry III
False Dmitry III

False Dmitry III, also called Pseudo-Demetrius III , was the last and most enigmatic of three pretenders to the Russian throne, who claimed to be the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich....
). On the death of Boris
Boris Godunov

Boris Fyodorovich Godunov was de facto regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurik Dynasty tsar from 1598 to 1605. The end of his reign saw Russia descending into the Time of Troubles....
, who had become tsar, and the accession of his son Feodor II
Feodor II of Russia

Fyodor II Borisovich Godunov of Russia was a tsar of Russia during the Time of Troubles. He was born in Moscow, the son and successor to Boris Godunov....
, Shuisky went back upon his own words in order to gain favour with the pretender False Dmitriy I
False Dmitriy I

False Dmitriy I was the Tsar of Russia from 21 July 1605 until his death on 17 May 1606 under the name of Dimitriy Ioannovich . He is sometimes referred to under the usurped title of Dmitriy II....
, who was attempting to gain the throne by impersonating the dead Tsarevich. Shuisky recognized the pretender as the "real" Dmitry despite having earlier determined the boy had committed suicide, thus bringing about the assassination of the young Feodor.

Shuisky then plotted against the false Dmitriy and procured his death (May 1606), in addition to confessing publicly that the real Dmitriy had been indeed slain and that the reigning tsar was an impostor
Impostor

An impostor or imposter is a person who pretends to be somebody else, often to try to gain financial or social advantages through social engineering, but just as often for purposes of espionage or law enforcement....
. Shuisky's adherents thereupon proclaimed him tsar
Tsar

Tsar or czar , occasionally spelled csar or tzar in English language, is a slavs term designating certain monarchs.Originally, the title Czar meant Emperor in the European medieval sense of the term, that is, a ruler who has the same rank as a Ancient Rome or Byzantine emperor due to recognition by another emperor or...
 on May 19, 1606. He reigned till July 19, 1610, but he was never generally recognized. Even in Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 itself he had little or no authority, and he 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 Mikhail Vasiliyevich Skopin-Shuisky was a youthful Russian statesman and military figure during the Time of Troubles. He was the last representative of a cadet branch of the House of Shuya....
, who led his armies, and soldiers from Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, 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 princely houses of Muscovite Russia. Their lands lay principally in the Upper Oka Principalities and comprised the towns of Peremyshl, Russia and Vorotynsk as well as parts of Novosil and Odoyev....
 and Mstislavsky, made a monk, and finally transported to Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
 by the Polish hetman
Hetman

Hetman was the title of the second highest military commander used in 15th to 18th century Poland, Ukraine and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, known from 1569 to 1795 as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
 Stanislaus Zolkiewski . He died as a prisoner in the castle of Gostynin
Gostynin

Gostynin is a town in Central Poland with 19,414 inhabitants . It has been situated in both the Masovian Voivodship since 1999 and was previously in the Plock Voivodship from 1975 to 1998....
, near Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
, in 1612.

See also

  • Tsars of Russia family tree


External links

  • (in Russian)
  • by Saul Zaklad