Boris Godunov (play)
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Boris Godunov is a play by Alexander Pushkin. It was written in 1825, published in 1831, but not approved for performance by the censor until 1866. It premiered in 1870. Its subject is the Russian rul
Illustration from the 1925 French publication of the play
Alexander Pushkin by Orest Kiprensky
Scene 3 The Novodevichiy Monastery
Scene 9 An Inn on the Lithuanian Border
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
Boris Godunov (play)
…written in 1825, published in 1831, but not approved for performance by the censor until 1866. It premiered in 1870. Its subject is the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar from 1598 to 1605. It consists of 25 scenes and is written predominantly in blank verse. Modest Mussorgsky's opera, Boris Godunov…
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