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In the period from toduring the so-called Time of Troubles, chaos gripped most of central Muscovy; Muscovite boyars, Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian Cossacks, and assorted mobs of adventurers and desperate citizens were among the chief actors.

In Fyodor, the last in the line of the Rurik dynastydied; he was succeeded as tsar of Russia by his brother-in-law Boris Godunov. Boris was faced with problems of famine —03boyar opposition, and the challenge of a Polish-supported pretender to the throne, the so-called False Dmitrywho claimed to be Dmitry, half brother of the late tsar and legitimate heir to the throne.

The real Dmitry had died in The boyars, however, soon realized that they could not control the new tsar, and they assassinated him Mayplacing the powerful nobleman Vasily Shuysky on the throne. This event marked the beginning of the Time of Troubles.

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Although Shuysky was supported by the wealthy merchant class and the boyars, his rule was weakened by a series of revolts, the most important of which was a peasant rebellion led by the former serf Ivan Isayevich Bolotnikov in the southern and eastern sections of the country.

Shuysky also had to contend with many new pretenders, particularly the Second False Dmitrywho was supported by the Poles, small landholders, and peasants.

Claiming to have escaped assassination in and recognized by the wife of the First False Dmitry as her husband, the new Dmitry established a camp at Tushino and besieged Moscow for two years. This finally stimulated the Russians to rally and unite against the invader. The first resistance, an alliance—instigated by the patriarch Hermogen—between small landholders led by Prokopy Petrovich Lyapunov and some Cossacks, quickly disintegrated.

But it was followed in October by a new movement, composed of landowners, Cossacks, and merchants.

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Prince Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky led the army, and the merchant Kuzma Minin handled the finances. The army advanced toward Moscow and, threatened by the approach of Polish reinforcements, attacked and captured the garrison October Learn More in these related Britannica articles:Apr 01,  · Bible Verses for Times of Adversity.

10 If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength! 19 The righteous person may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all; Isaiah Chapter Parallel Compare. 3 You will keep in perfect. The Time of Troubles severely damaged the towns, trade, industry, and economy of Russia.

The Time of Troubles stretched from the death of the last Tsar of the year-old Rurik dynasty, Feodor Ivanovich, in , and the ascension of Mikhail Fyodorovich of the Romanov dynasty in Time of Troubles, Russian Smutnoye Vremya, period of political crisis in Russia that followed the demise of the Rurik dynasty () and ended with the establishment of the Romanov dynasty ().

During this period foreign intervention, peasant uprisings, and the attempts of pretenders to seize the throne threatened to destroy the state itself and caused major social and economic disruptions, particularly in .

The Time of Troubles was preceded by a series of events that contributed to the country’s instability. In Fyodor, the last in the line of the Rurik dynasty, died; he was succeeded as tsar of Russia by his brother-in-law Boris Godunov.

Oct 20,  · And I don’t even have time to dwell, only these few minutes to order my thoughts before the sweet oblivion of sleep. We are the ‘victors’ of this little outbreak of Madness and this has further reduced our already crippled strength.