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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81" title="بوريس غودونوف – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بوريس غودونوف" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bor%C3%ADs_Godunov" title="Borís Godunov – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Borís Godunov" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Qodunov" title="Boris Qodunov – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Boris Qodunov" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81" title="بوریس قودونوف – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بوریس قودونوف" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Борис Годунов – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Борис Годунов" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81_%D0%A4%D1%91%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%9E" title="Барыс Фёдаравіч Гадуноў – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Барыс Фёдаравіч Гадуноў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%9E" title="Барыс Гадуноў – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Барыс Гадуноў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Борис Годунов – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Борис Годунов" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godunov" title="Boris Godunov – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Boris Godunov" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bor%C3%ADs_Godunov" title="Borís Godunov – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Borís Godunov" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Борис Годунов – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Борис Годунов" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Fjodorovi%C4%8D_Godunov" title="Boris Fjodorovič Godunov – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Boris Fjodorovič Godunov" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris,_tsar_Rwsia" title="Boris, tsar Rwsia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Boris, tsar Rwsia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godunov" title="Boris Godunov – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Boris Godunov" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godunow" title="Boris Godunow – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Boris Godunow" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boriss_Godunov" title="Boriss Godunov – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Boriss Godunov" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%86" title="Μπορίς Γκοντουνόφ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπορίς Γκοντουνόφ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bor%C3%ADs_Godunov" title="Borís Godunov – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Borís Godunov" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godunov" title="Boris Godunov – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Boris Godunov" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godunov" title="Boris Godunov – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Boris Godunov" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81" title="بوریس گودونوف – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بوریس گودونوف" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godounov" title="Boris Godounov – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Boris Godounov" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godunov" title="Boris Godunov – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Boris Godunov" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B3%B4%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4_%EA%B3%A0%EB%91%90%EB%85%B8%ED%94%84" title="보리스 고두노프 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="보리스 고두노프" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godunov" title="Boris Godunov – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Boris Godunov" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_God%C3%BAnov" title="Boris Godúnov – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Boris Godúnov" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_F%C3%ABdorovi%C4%8D_Godunov" title="Boris Fëdorovič Godunov – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Boris Fëdorovič Godunov" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%92%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%91" title="בוריס גודונוב – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בוריס גודונוב" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D%E1%83%93%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98" title="ბორის გოდუნოვი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბორის გოდუნოვი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Борис Годунов – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Борис Годунов" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Борис Годунов – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Борис Годунов" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godunov" title="Boris Godunov – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Boris Godunov" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boriss_Godunovs" title="Boriss Godunovs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Boriss Godunovs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%A4%D1%91%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Борис Фёдорович Годунов – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Борис Фёдорович Годунов" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borisas_Godunovas" title="Borisas Godunovas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Borisas Godunovas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borisz_orosz_c%C3%A1r" title="Borisz orosz cár – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Borisz orosz cár" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Борис Годунов – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Борис Годунов" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godunov" title="Boris Godunov – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Boris Godunov" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81" title="بوريس جودونوف – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بوريس جودونوف" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Борис Годунов – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Борис Годунов" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godoenov" title="Boris Godoenov – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Boris Godoenov" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%8E%E3%83%95" title="ボリス・ゴドゥノフ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ボリス・ゴドゥノフ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godunov" title="Boris Godunov – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Boris Godunov" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a 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color:inherit; font-size: 125%">Boris Godunov<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">Борис Годунов</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Boris_Godunov_by_anonim_(17th_c.,_GIM).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Boris_Godunov_by_anonim_%2817th_c.%2C_GIM%29.jpg/220px-Boris_Godunov_by_anonim_%2817th_c.%2C_GIM%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Boris_Godunov_by_anonim_%2817th_c.%2C_GIM%29.jpg/330px-Boris_Godunov_by_anonim_%2817th_c.%2C_GIM%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Boris_Godunov_by_anonim_%2817th_c.%2C_GIM%29.jpg/440px-Boris_Godunov_by_anonim_%2817th_c.%2C_GIM%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="606" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Tsar_of_all_Russia" title="Tsar of all Russia">Tsar of all Russia</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">21 February 1598 – 23 April [<a href="/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">O.S.</a> 13 April] 1605</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_the_Russian_monarch" title="Coronation of the Russian monarch">Coronation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1 September 1598</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Feodor_I_of_Russia" title="Feodor I of Russia">Feodor I</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Irina_Godunova" title="Irina Godunova">Irina Godunova</a> (disputed)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Feodor_II_of_Russia" title="Feodor II of Russia">Feodor II</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">12 August [<a href="/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">O.S.</a> 2 August] 1552<br /><a href="/wiki/Vyazma" title="Vyazma">Vyazma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsardom_of_Russia" title="Tsardom of Russia">Tsardom of Russia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">23 April [<a href="/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">O.S.</a> 13 April] 1605<br />(aged 52)<br />Moscow, Tsardom of Russia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label">Godunov <a href="/wiki/Mausoleum" title="Mausoleum">Mausoleum</a> in front of the Cathedral of the Assumption at the <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Lavra_of_St._Sergius" title="Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius">Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maria_Skuratova-Belskaya" title="Maria Skuratova-Belskaya">Maria Skuratova-Belskaya</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feodor_II_of_Russia" title="Feodor II of Russia">Feodor II of Russia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tsarevna_Xenia_Borisovna_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsarevna Xenia Borisovna of Russia">Xenia Godunova</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:left">Names</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data nickname" style="text-align:left; padding-left:0.7em;">Boris Fyodorovich Godunov<br /><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Борис Фёдорович Годунов</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Dynasty</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Godunov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="House of Godunov (page does not exist)">Godunov</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B" class="extiw" title="ru:Годуновы">ru</a>]</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodox</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Boris Feodorovich Godunov</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/ʊ/: 'u' in 'push'">ʊ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span></span>/</a></span></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russian: <span lang="ru">Борис Фёдорович Годунов</span>; 12 August [<a href="/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">O.S.</a> 2 August] 1552<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  – 23 April [<a href="/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">O.S.</a> 13 April] 1605)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was the <i>de facto</i> <a href="/wiki/Regent" title="Regent">regent</a> of Russia from 1585 to 1598 and then <a href="/wiki/Tsar_of_all_Russia" title="Tsar of all Russia">tsar</a> from 1598 to 1605 following the death of <a href="/wiki/Feodor_I_of_Russia" title="Feodor I of Russia">Feodor I</a>, the last of the <a href="/wiki/Rurik_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Rurik dynasty">Rurik dynasty</a>. After the end of his reign, Russia descended into the <a href="/wiki/Time_of_Troubles" title="Time of Troubles">Time of Troubles</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boris_Godunov&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Boris Godunov was the most noted member of an ancient, now extinct, Russian family of <a href="/wiki/Tatar" class="mw-redirect" title="Tatar">Tatar</a> origin (<a href="/wiki/Chet_(murza)" title="Chet (murza)">Chet</a>), which came from the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Horde" title="Golden Horde">Horde</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kostroma" title="Kostroma">Kostroma</a> in the early 14th century.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was descended from the Tatar Prince Chet, who went from the Golden Horde to Russia and founded the <a href="/wiki/Ipatiev_Monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Ipatiev Monastery">Ipatiev Monastery</a> in Kostroma. Boris was the son of Feodor Ivanovich Godunov "Krivoy" ("the one-eyed") (died c. 1568–1570) and his wife Stepanida Ivanovna.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His older brother Vasily died young and without issue. The <a href="/wiki/Russo-Kazan_Wars#Fall_of_Kazan_(1552)" title="Russo-Kazan Wars">1552 Kazan Campaign</a> occurred over summer and autumn. </p><p>Godunov's career began at the <a href="/wiki/Noble_court" class="mw-redirect" title="Noble court">court</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible" title="Ivan the Terrible">Ivan the Terrible</a>. He is mentioned in 1570 for taking part in the <a href="/wiki/Serpeisk" class="mw-redirect" title="Serpeisk">Serpeisk</a> campaign as an archer of the guard. The following year he became an <a href="/wiki/Oprichnik" title="Oprichnik">oprichnik</a> – a member of Ivan's personal guard and secret police. In 1570/1571, Godunov strengthened his position at court by his marriage to <a href="/wiki/Maria_Grigorievna_Skuratova-Belskaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Maria Grigorievna Skuratova-Belskaya">Maria Grigorievna Skuratova-Belskaya</a>, the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Malyuta_Skuratov" title="Malyuta Skuratov">Malyuta Skuratov-Belskiy</a>, head of the oprichniks. </p><p>In 1580, the Tsar chose Boris Godunov's sister <a href="/wiki/Irina_Godunova" title="Irina Godunova">Irina Godunova</a> (1557–1603) to be the wife of his second son and eventual heir, <a href="/wiki/Feodor_I_of_Russia" title="Feodor I of Russia">Feodor Ivanovich</a> (1557–1598).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On this occasion, Godunov was promoted to the rank of <i><a href="/wiki/Boyar" title="Boyar">boyar</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 15 November 1581, Godunov was present when the Tsar murdered his own eldest son, the crown prince <a href="/wiki/Ivan_V_Ivanovich" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivan V Ivanovich">Ivan</a>. Godunov tried to intervene but received blows from the Tsar's sceptre. The elder Ivan immediately repented, and Godunov rushed to get help for the Tsarevich, who died four days later.<sup id="cite_ref-Ivan_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ivan-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regency">Regency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boris_Godunov&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Regency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Russia1600.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Russia1600.png/220px-Russia1600.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Russia1600.png/330px-Russia1600.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Russia1600.png/440px-Russia1600.png 2x" data-file-width="1264" data-file-height="788" /></a><figcaption>Territorial extent of Russia in 1600</figcaption></figure> <p>Three years later, on his deathbed, Ivan IV appointed a council whose members consisted of Godunov, <a href="/wiki/Feodor_Nikitich_Romanov" class="mw-redirect" title="Feodor Nikitich Romanov">Feodor Nikitich Romanov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vasili_Shuiski" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasili Shuiski">Vasili Shuiski</a> and others to guide his son and successor of Russia <a href="/wiki/Feodor_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Feodor I">Feodor I</a>, who was feeble in both mind and body: "he took refuge from the dangers of the palace in devotion to religion; and though his people called him a saint, they recognized the fact that he lacked the iron to govern men."<sup id="cite_ref-Durant_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Durant-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the time of his death, Ivan also had a three-year-old son, <a href="/wiki/Tsarevich_Dmitry_Ivanovich_of_Russia_(born_1582)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia (born 1582)">Dmitry Ivanovich</a> (1581–1591), from his seventh and last marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This son (and his mother's family) had no claim to the throne because the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a> only recognized Ivan's first three marriages as legitimate. Shortly after Ivan's death, the council had both Dmitri and his mother, <a href="/wiki/Maria_Nagaya" title="Maria Nagaya">Maria Nagaya</a>, moved to <a href="/wiki/Uglich" title="Uglich">Uglich</a>, some 120 miles north of Moscow. Dmitri died there in 1591 at the age of ten under suspicious circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Dmitri's death was announced by the ringing of the church bell, the population of Uglich rose up in order to protest against the suspected assassination, which it believed was commissioned by Boris Godunov. Troops swiftly quelled the rebellion. Godunov ordered the removal of the Uglich bell's clapper (the bell's "tongue"). He had the offending bell ringer flogged in public and exiled to Siberia along with the townspeople who had not been executed.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An official commission which was headed by <a href="/wiki/Vasili_Shuiski" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasili Shuiski">Vasili Shuiski</a> was sent to determine the cause of the boy's death.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The official verdict was that the boy had cut his throat during an epileptic seizure. Ivan's widow claimed that her son had been murdered by Godunov's agents. Godunov's guilt was never established and shortly thereafter, Dmitri's mother was forced to take the veil.<sup id="cite_ref-Durant_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Durant-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tsarevich_Dmitry_Ivanovich_of_Russia_(born_1582)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia (born 1582)">Dmitry Ivanovich</a> was laid to rest and promptly, though temporarily, forgotten. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ostrov_TransfigurationChurch_0638.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Ostrov_TransfigurationChurch_0638.jpg/220px-Ostrov_TransfigurationChurch_0638.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Ostrov_TransfigurationChurch_0638.jpg/330px-Ostrov_TransfigurationChurch_0638.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Ostrov_TransfigurationChurch_0638.jpg/440px-Ostrov_TransfigurationChurch_0638.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3558" /></a><figcaption>Godunov's estate near Moscow</figcaption></figure> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_the_Russian_monarch" title="Coronation of the Russian monarch">coronation</a> of Feodor Ivanovich as Tsar Feodor I on 31 May 1584, Boris received honors and riches as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Regency_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Regency council">regency council</a>, in which he held the second place during the life of the Tsar's uncle <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Romanovich" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikita Romanovich">Nikita Romanovich</a>. When Nikita died in 1586, Boris had no serious rival for the regency.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A group of other boyars and <a href="/wiki/Dionysius_II,_Metropolitan_of_Moscow" class="mw-redirect" title="Dionysius II, Metropolitan of Moscow">Dionysius II, Metropolitan of Moscow</a>, conspired to break Boris's power by divorcing the Tsar from Godunov's childless sister. The attempt proved unsuccessful, and the conspirators were banished or sent to monasteries. After that, Godunov remained supreme in Russia and he corresponded with foreign princes as their equal. </p><p>His policy was generally pacific and always prudent. In 1595, he recovered from Sweden some towns lost during the former reign. Five years previously he had defeated a Turkic raid upon Moscow, for which he received the title of <i><a href="/wiki/Konyushy" class="mw-redirect" title="Konyushy">Konyushy</a></i>, an obsolete dignity even higher than that of <i>Boyar</i>. He supported an anti-<a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkish</a> faction in the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean Peninsula">Crimea</a> and gave the Khan subsidies in his war against the sultan. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Golden_Ugric_Boris_Godunov_with_a_portrait.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Golden_Ugric_Boris_Godunov_with_a_portrait.png/220px-Golden_Ugric_Boris_Godunov_with_a_portrait.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Golden_Ugric_Boris_Godunov_with_a_portrait.png/330px-Golden_Ugric_Boris_Godunov_with_a_portrait.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Golden_Ugric_Boris_Godunov_with_a_portrait.png/440px-Golden_Ugric_Boris_Godunov_with_a_portrait.png 2x" data-file-width="1182" data-file-height="572" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of Boris on a gold coin</figcaption></figure> <p>Godunov encouraged <a href="/wiki/Muscovy_Company" title="Muscovy Company">English merchants</a> to trade with Russia by exempting them from duties. He built towns and fortresses along the north-eastern and south-eastern borders of Russia to keep the Tatar and Finnic tribes in order. These included <a href="/wiki/Samara,_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Samara, Russia">Samara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saratov" title="Saratov">Saratov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Voronezh" title="Voronezh">Voronezh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Volgograd" title="Volgograd">Tsaritsyn</a>, as well as other lesser towns. He colonized <a href="/wiki/Siberia" title="Siberia">Siberia</a> with scores of new settlements, including <a href="/wiki/Tobolsk" title="Tobolsk">Tobolsk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his rule, the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodox Church</a> received its <a href="/wiki/Patriarchate" title="Patriarchate">patriarchate</a>, placing it on an equal footing with the ancient Eastern churches and freeing it from the influence of the <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople">Patriarch of Constantinople</a>. This pleased the Tsar, as Feodor took a great interest in church affairs. </p><p>In Godunov's most important domestic reform, a 1597 decree forbade peasants from transferring land from one landowner to another (which they had been freely able to do each year around <a href="/wiki/George%27s_Day_in_Autumn" title="George's Day in Autumn">Saint George's Day</a> in November), thus binding them to the soil. This ordinance aimed to secure revenue, but it led to the institution of <a href="/wiki/Serfdom" title="Serfdom">serfdom</a> in its most oppressive form.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (See also <a href="/wiki/Serfdom_in_Russia" title="Serfdom in Russia">Serfdom in Russia</a>.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reign">Reign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boris_Godunov&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tsar_Boris_Fyodorovich_Godunov_-_miniature.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Tsar_Boris_Fyodorovich_Godunov_-_miniature.jpg/220px-Tsar_Boris_Fyodorovich_Godunov_-_miniature.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Tsar_Boris_Fyodorovich_Godunov_-_miniature.jpg/330px-Tsar_Boris_Fyodorovich_Godunov_-_miniature.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Tsar_Boris_Fyodorovich_Godunov_-_miniature.jpg/440px-Tsar_Boris_Fyodorovich_Godunov_-_miniature.jpg 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Tsar Boris in a 1630 miniature</figcaption></figure> <p>Upon the death of the childless Feodor on 7 January 1598, as well as the rumored assassination of Feodor's much younger brother <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_of_Uglich" title="Dmitry of Uglich">Dimitry</a>, supposedly ordered by Boris himself in order to guarantee his seat on the throne, self-preservation as much as ambition led to Boris' rise to power. Had he not done so, the mildest treatment he could have hoped for would have been lifelong seclusion in a monastery. His election was proposed by <a href="/wiki/Patriarch_Job_of_Moscow" title="Patriarch Job of Moscow">Patriarch Job of Moscow</a>, who believed that Boris was the only man who was able to cope with the difficulties of the situation. Boris, however, would only accept the throne from the <a href="/wiki/Zemsky_Sobor" title="Zemsky Sobor">Zemsky Sobor</a> (national assembly), which met on 17 February and unanimously elected him on 21 February. On 1 September, he was solemnly crowned <a href="/wiki/Tsar" title="Tsar">tsar</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A3%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%D1%8A.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/%D0%A3%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%D1%8A.jpeg/220px-%D0%A3%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%D1%8A.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/%D0%A3%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%D1%8A.jpeg/330px-%D0%A3%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%D1%8A.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/%D0%A3%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%D1%8A.jpeg/440px-%D0%A3%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%D1%8A.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>Godunov Mausoleum in front of the Cathedral of the Assumption at the <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Lavra_of_St._Sergius" title="Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius">Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius</a></figcaption></figure> <p>During the first years of his reign, he was both popular and prosperous, and ruled well. He recognized the need for Russia to catch up with the intellectual progress of the West and he did his best to bring about educational and social reforms. He was the first tsar to import foreign teachers on a large scale, the first tsar to send young Russians to be educated abroad, and the first tsar to allow <a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a> churches to be built in Russia. After the <a href="/wiki/Russo%E2%80%93Swedish_War_(1590%E2%80%931595)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo–Swedish War (1590–1595)">Russo–Swedish War (1590–1595)</a>, he attempted to gain access to the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> and he also attempted to obtain <a href="/wiki/Livonia" title="Livonia">Livonia</a> by diplomatic means. He cultivated friendly relations with the Scandinavians and hoped to take a bride from a foreign royal house, thereby increasing the dignity of his own dynasty.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However he declined the <a href="/wiki/Personal_union" title="Personal union">personal union</a> proposed to him in 1600 by the <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_mission" title="Diplomatic mission">diplomatic mission</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Lew_Sapieha" title="Lew Sapieha">Lew Sapieha</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Boris_Godunov.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Portrait_of_Boris_Godunov.jpg/220px-Portrait_of_Boris_Godunov.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Portrait_of_Boris_Godunov.jpg/330px-Portrait_of_Boris_Godunov.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Portrait_of_Boris_Godunov.jpg/440px-Portrait_of_Boris_Godunov.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1599" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of Boris Godunov, 17th century</figcaption></figure> <p>Boris died after a lengthy illness and a stroke on 13/23 April 1605. He left one son, <a href="/wiki/Feodor_II_of_Russia" title="Feodor II of Russia">Feodor II</a>, who succeeded him but only ruled Russia for less than a month, until he and Boris' widow were murdered by the enemies of the Godunovs in Moscow on 10/20 June 1605.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBain1911_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBain1911-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boris's first son, Ivan, was born in 1587 and died in 1588. His daughter, <a href="/wiki/Tsarevna_Xenia_Borisovna_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsarevna Xenia Borisovna of Russia">Xenia</a>, was born in 1582. She was engaged to <a href="/wiki/John,_Prince_of_Schleswig-Holstein" title="John, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein">Johann of Schleswig-Holstein</a>, but he died shortly before their planned wedding in October 1602. Xenia was given the name "Olga" upon being forced to take monastic vows at the <a href="/wiki/Goritsky_Monastery_(Goritsy)" title="Goritsky Monastery (Goritsy)">Voskresensky Monastery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beloozero" class="mw-redirect" title="Beloozero">Beloozero</a> and her name is inscribed as "the Nun Olga Borisovna" at the crypt of the Godunovs at the <a href="/wiki/Trinity-St._Sergius_Lavra" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra">Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius</a> where she lived from 1606, when she sojourned there to attend the reburial of her father, until her death in 1622.<sup id="cite_ref-Xenia_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xenia-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boris, his wife, and their children are buried together in a mausoleum near the entrance of the Assumption Cathedral at Trinity–St. Sergius Lavra. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_popular_media">Arts and popular media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boris_Godunov&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arts and popular media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Boris' life was dramatised by the founder of Russian literature, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin" title="Alexander Pushkin">Alexander Pushkin</a>, in his play <i><a href="/wiki/Boris_Godunov_(play)" title="Boris Godunov (play)">Boris Godunov</a></i> (1831), which was inspired by <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Henry_IV,_Part_1" title="Henry IV, Part 1">Henry IV</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Modest_Mussorgsky" title="Modest Mussorgsky">Modest Mussorgsky</a> based his opera <i><a href="/wiki/Boris_Godunov_(opera)" title="Boris Godunov (opera)">Boris Godunov</a></i> on Pushkin's play. <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Prokofiev" title="Sergei Prokofiev">Sergei Prokofiev</a> later wrote <a href="/wiki/Incidental_music" title="Incidental music">incidental music</a> for Pushkin's drama. In 1997, the score of a 1710 baroque opera based on the reign of Boris by German composer <a href="/wiki/Johann_Mattheson" title="Johann Mattheson">Johann Mattheson</a> was rediscovered in Armenia and returned to Hamburg, Germany. This opera, never performed during the composer's lifetime, had its world premiere in 2005 at the Boston Early Music Festival & Exhibition. </p><p>Boris was portrayed on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> by <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Dooley" title="Shaun Dooley">Shaun Dooley</a> in the radio plays <i>Ivan the Terrible: Absolute Power</i><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Boris Godunov: Ghosts</i><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> written by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Walker_(radio_dramatist)" title="Mike Walker (radio dramatist)">Mike Walker</a> and which were the first two plays in the first series of <i>Tsar</i>. The plays were broadcast on 11 and 18 September 2016. </p><p>The 2018 Russian television miniseries <a href="/wiki/Godunov_(TV_series)" title="Godunov (TV series)">Godunov (TV series)</a> is a historical drama based on the lives of the Godunovs with a focus on Boris Godunov (played by <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Bezrukov" title="Sergey Bezrukov">Sergey Bezrukov</a>) and lasted for two seasons. </p><p>The character <a href="/wiki/Boris_Badenov" title="Boris Badenov">Boris Badenov</a> in the cartoon <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_and_Bullwinkle_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show">The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show</a></i> takes his name from a play on Godunov's name. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boris_Godunov&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 302px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 300px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baidana_rings.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Godunov's armour (detail), Kremlin Armoury"><img alt="Godunov's armour (detail), Kremlin Armoury" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Baidana_rings.JPG/450px-Baidana_rings.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Baidana_rings.JPG/675px-Baidana_rings.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Baidana_rings.JPG/900px-Baidana_rings.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3504" data-file-height="2336" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Godunov's armour (detail), <a href="/wiki/Kremlin_Armoury" title="Kremlin Armoury">Kremlin Armoury</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 180.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 178.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Godunov_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Boris Godunov Overseeing the Studies of his Son, painting by N. Nekrasov (19th century)"><img alt="Boris Godunov Overseeing the Studies of his Son, painting by N. Nekrasov (19th century)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Godunov_map.jpg/268px-Godunov_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="179" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Godunov_map.jpg/402px-Godunov_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Godunov_map.jpg/536px-Godunov_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="783" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Boris Godunov Overseeing the Studies of his Son</i>, painting by N. Nekrasov (19th century)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 158.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 156.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Russian_-_Presentation_of_the_Virgin_in_the_Temple_and_the_Virgin_of_the_Burning_Bush_-_Walters_372664_-_Back.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple and the Virgin of the Burning Bush, Walters Art Museum"><img alt="Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple and the Virgin of the Burning Bush, Walters Art Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Russian_-_Presentation_of_the_Virgin_in_the_Temple_and_the_Virgin_of_the_Burning_Bush_-_Walters_372664_-_Back.jpg/235px-Russian_-_Presentation_of_the_Virgin_in_the_Temple_and_the_Virgin_of_the_Burning_Bush_-_Walters_372664_-_Back.jpg" decoding="async" width="157" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Russian_-_Presentation_of_the_Virgin_in_the_Temple_and_the_Virgin_of_the_Burning_Bush_-_Walters_372664_-_Back.jpg/352px-Russian_-_Presentation_of_the_Virgin_in_the_Temple_and_the_Virgin_of_the_Burning_Bush_-_Walters_372664_-_Back.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Russian_-_Presentation_of_the_Virgin_in_the_Temple_and_the_Virgin_of_the_Burning_Bush_-_Walters_372664_-_Back.jpg/470px-Russian_-_Presentation_of_the_Virgin_in_the_Temple_and_the_Virgin_of_the_Burning_Bush_-_Walters_372664_-_Back.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1410" data-file-height="1800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple and the Virgin of the Burning Bush</i>, <a href="/wiki/Walters_Art_Museum" title="Walters Art Museum">Walters Art Museum</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boris_Godunov&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Russian_history_(1223%E2%80%931613)" title="Bibliography of Russian history (1223–1613)">Bibliography of Russian history (1223–1613)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_tree_of_Russian_monarchs" title="Family tree of Russian monarchs">Family tree of Russian monarchs</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boris_Godunov&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/godunov">"Godunov"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Random_House_Webster%27s_Unabridged_Dictionary" title="Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary">Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Uspenskij, F. B., & Litvina, A. F. (2021). The Birthday of Boris Godunov. Studi Slavistici, 18(1), 9–18. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://doi.org/10.36253/Studi_Slavis-10605">https://doi.org/10.36253/Studi_Slavis-10605</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPugachev2009" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Pugachev, Alexey Nikolaevich (2009). <i>Vyazemsky Territory – The birthplace of Boris Godunov (Вяземский край – родина Бориса Годунова)</i> (in Russian). VF MGIU (ВФ МГИУ). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-5902327561" title="Special:BookSources/978-5902327561"><bdi>978-5902327561</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Vyazemsky+Territory+%E2%80%93+The+birthplace+of+Boris+Godunov+%28%D0%92%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9+%E2%80%93+%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0+%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%29&rft.pub=VF+MGIU+%28%D0%92%D0%A4+%D0%9C%D0%93%D0%98%D0%A3%29&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-5902327561&rft.aulast=Pugachev&rft.aufirst=Alexey+Nikolaevich&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABoris+Godunov" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPugachev2002" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Pugachev, Alexey Nikolaevich (25 September 2002). "Vyazma – Homeland of Boris Godunov?". <i>Vyazemsky Bulletin</i> (in Russian). <b>11</b> (121).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Vyazemsky+Bulletin&rft.atitle=Vyazma+%E2%80%93+Homeland+of+Boris+Godunov%3F&rft.volume=11&rft.issue=121&rft.date=2002-09-25&rft.aulast=Pugachev&rft.aufirst=Alexey+Nikolaevich&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABoris+Godunov" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EB1911-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="noprint"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> </span>One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBain1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Nisbet_Bain" title="Robert Nisbet Bain">Bain, Robert</a> (1911). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Boris_Fedorovich_Godunov" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Boris Fedorovich Godunov">Boris Fedorovich Godunov</a>". In <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a> (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 254.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Boris+Fedorovich+Godunov&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=254&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rft.aulast=Bain&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABoris+Godunov" class="Z3988"></span> This cites: <ul><li>Platon Vasilievich Pavlov, <i>On the Historical Significance of the Reign of Boris Godunov</i> (Rus.) (Moscow, 1850)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Solovyov_(historian)" title="Sergey Solovyov (historian)">Sergyei Mikhailivich Solovev</a>, <i>History of Russia</i> (Rus.) (2nd ed., vols. vii–viii., St Petersburg, 1897).</li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181493187"><i>Die russischen Zaren 1547 - 1917</i></a>. Hans-Joachim Torke (3., aktualisierte und überarb. Aufl., die Red. der Aktualisierung und Überarb. wurde von Ricarda Vulpius übernommen ed.). 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