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Time of Troubles
1598-1613
1609
Swedish intervention on behalf of Shuiskii.
1610
Shuisky deposed by Muscovite population.
Second False Dmitrii murdered.
Polish troops occupy Moscow; Prince Władysław,
son of king of Poland, crowned czar.
1598
Coronation of Boris Godunov, brother-in-law of
Feodor III and virtual ruler since 1587.
Traditional date for beginning of Time of Trou-
bles, a period of dynastic crises, foreign inva-
sions, and internal social rebellions that will
end with the accession of the Romanov
dynasty in 1613.
1611
Poland-Lithuania conquers Smolensk.
National revival begins in Nizhnii Novgorod, led
by Minin and Pozharsky.
1598-1605
Reign of Boris Godunov.
1611-1617
Swedes occupy Novgorod.
1601-1602
Edicts further restricting peasant mobility.
1612
Russian troops led by Pozharsky capture Moscow
from Poles.
1601-1604
Years of famine.
1613
Zemskii Sobor elects Michael Romanov as czar.
Beginning of Romanov dynasty, which will
last until 1917.
1604
First invasion by Poles in support of First False
Dmitrii.
1605
Death of Boris Godunov.
(April-June) Rule of Feodor II, Boris Godunov's
son, killed in June 1605.
Romanov Dynasty
1613-1917
1613-1645
Reign of Michael Romanov.
1605-1606
First False Dmitrii reigns as czar.
1617
Treaty of Stolbovo; Sweden evacuates Novgorod
and Muscovy loses outlets to Baltic Sea.
1606
Moscow uprising and murder of False Dimitrii.
1606-1607
Rebellion under Bolotnikov and Shakhovskoi.
1618
Treaty of Deulino: Muscovy cedes Smolensk
and the “Severian” principalities to Poland-
Lithuania.
1606-1610
Rule of Czar Vasili Shuisky, the “boyar czar.”
1607-1610
Rebellion under Second False Dmitrii.
Poles intervene in support of Second False Dmitrii.
1619
Filaret, Michael Romanov's father, consecrated as
patriarch; coruler with Michael from 1619-33.
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