The Time of Troubles

By: Kristy LeVan

“Смутное время”

Late 1500s to early 1600s It was a period of Russian

history that contains the death of the last Rurik Dynasty Tsar, Feodor Ivanovich, and the Romanov Dynasty.

It was as a time where starvation killed about one-third of the population.

Russia suffered from many civil uprisings and impostors.

What is it?

After Ivan’s deficient son,

Feodor, died it ended the hereditary dynastic line of Rurik.

Boris Godunov, former regent, was elected successor.

The state weakened forcing Russia into a period of disorder and Polish invasion.

Peasants were uprising due to extreme starvation.

Causes

Later a man calling himself Dmitri claimed to be the heir to the

throne, appeared in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Dmitri had been stabbed to death before his brother Feodor’s

death, supposedly by Godunov’s order. The strange individual who was impersonating him was regarded

as the rightful heir by many of the people. He attracted support both in Russia and outside its borders. Russians soon found out of his impersonation. They cut him into

pieces and shot the remains from a cannon towards Poland.

False Dmitri

After the false Dmitri a civil war followed. Vasilii Shuiskii was declared Tsar, but he was unpopular in Russia. Many of Dmitry’s supporters were Polish and their massacre in

1606 triggered the Polish joining in the civil war. The Polish invaved Russia and took over Moscow. That same year

people became anti-Polish in Russia. The Poles were forced to leave from most of Russia. After more complications both sides were finally ready for a truce.

Polish-Muscovite War

Russian nationalism

comes out on top over the Polish nationalism

Aristocracy is won out over the peasants

Authorities became under control of the chaos

Outcome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_Troubles http://

www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_polish_muscovite_1609-19.html

http://faculty.history.wisc.edu/sommerville/351/351-10.htm

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