Michael of Russia
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Michael I was Tsar of all Russia from 1613 after being elected by the Zemsky Sobor of 1613 until his death in 1645. He was the first tsar of the House of Romanov, which succeeded the House of Rurik fo
Johann Heinrich Wedekind's copy of a portrait, 1636
Michael at a young age
Sixteen-year-old Michael being offered the crown at the Ipatiev Monastery in 1613, painting by Grigory Ugryumov
Michael offered Monomakh's Cap and scepter by Kuzma Minin, protected by Dmitry Pozharsky
Dmitry Pozharsky
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Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky was a Russian prince known for his military leadership during the Polish–Russian War from 1611 to 1612. Pozharsky formed the Second Volunteer Army with Kuzma Minin in Niz
Pozharsky and the delegation from Moscow. Painting by Wilhelm Kotarbiński (1882).
Polish soldiers surrender to prince Pozharsky. Graphic by Boris Chorikov
Minin and Pozharsky (right to left) by Mikhail Scotti
Pozharsky and Minin monument (1804–16) in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral