Boris Godunov
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Boris Feodorovich Godunov was the de facto regent of Russia from 1585 to 1598 and then tsar from 1598 to 1605 following the death of Feodor I, the last of the Rurik dynasty. After the end of Feodor's
Portrait in the Tsarsky titulyarnik (1672)
Godunov's estate near Moscow
Tsar Boris in a 1630 miniature
Godunov Mausoleum in front of the Cathedral of the Assumption at the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
Feodor II of Russia
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Feodor II Borisovich Godunov was Tsar of all Russia from April to June 1605, during the Time of Troubles.
Boris Godunov
…Although Godunov had been seriously ill for a long time, his death was a shock for everybody. The boyars soon crowned Boris's sixteen-year-old son Feodor as tsar, but Boris's death caused discord among the nobility. Many people believed that Boris was actually guilty of regicide and usurpation and viewed…
The earliest depiction of Feodor II, mid-17th century
False Dmitry's Agents Murdering Feodor Godunov and his Mother, by Konstantin Makovsky (1862), Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow