Martin Antonenko
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A boyar occupies the throne!
On February 21, 1598, the boyar Boris Godunov had himself proclaimed "Tsar of All Russia"!
Boris Fyodorovich Godunov was born in 1552 as the son of the petty landlord Fyodor Ivanovich Godunov and his first wife Stepanida Ivanovna (surname unknown).
This is the time after the death of Ivan IV the "Terrible" on March 28, 1584.
Actually, it would have been Ivan's son, Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich's turn, but the tsar had killed his son with his scepter during a fit of rage on November 16, 1581 - a scene that Ilja Repin painted with depressing authenticity...:
So Ivan's brother followed as Fyodor I. ...
... on the throne (forensic facial reconstruction by Prof. A. Gerasimov)...:
However, since Fyodor was incapable of governing due to congenital mental retardation, the country was actually led by the boyar Boris Godunov.
After Tsar Fyodor I died as the last ruler of the Rurikid dynasty (descendants of Rurik the Varangian/Viking prince!), Boris Godunov seized full power on January 7, 1598 and after the election by the estate assembly “Zemskij Sobor” (which proclaims all Russian estates, with the exception of the majority of the population, the peasants!) as tsar!
And what a coincidence! - a younger son of Ivan IV and brother of the dead Fyodor, Dmitry...
…were found dead at the same time with a stab wound in the throat in the town of Uglich...:
In 1692 the town of Uglich built the Church of Demetrios on the spot...:
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On February 21, 1598, the boyar Boris Godunov had himself proclaimed "Tsar of All Russia"!
Boris Fyodorovich Godunov was born in 1552 as the son of the petty landlord Fyodor Ivanovich Godunov and his first wife Stepanida Ivanovna (surname unknown).
This is the time after the death of Ivan IV the "Terrible" on March 28, 1584.
Actually, it would have been Ivan's son, Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich's turn, but the tsar had killed his son with his scepter during a fit of rage on November 16, 1581 - a scene that Ilja Repin painted with depressing authenticity...:
So Ivan's brother followed as Fyodor I. ...
... on the throne (forensic facial reconstruction by Prof. A. Gerasimov)...:
However, since Fyodor was incapable of governing due to congenital mental retardation, the country was actually led by the boyar Boris Godunov.
After Tsar Fyodor I died as the last ruler of the Rurikid dynasty (descendants of Rurik the Varangian/Viking prince!), Boris Godunov seized full power on January 7, 1598 and after the election by the estate assembly “Zemskij Sobor” (which proclaims all Russian estates, with the exception of the majority of the population, the peasants!) as tsar!
And what a coincidence! - a younger son of Ivan IV and brother of the dead Fyodor, Dmitry...
…were found dead at the same time with a stab wound in the throat in the town of Uglich...:
In 1692 the town of Uglich built the Church of Demetrios on the spot...:
**continued next post**
