Uprising of Bolotnikov
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The Uprising of Bolotnikov, in Russian historiography called the Peasant War under the Leadership of Ivan Bolotnikov, was a major peasant, Cossack, and noble uprising of 1606–1607 led by Ivan Bolotnik
Ernest Lissner. The beginning of the battle of Bolotnikov's troops with the tsar's troops near the village of Nizhniye Kotly near Moscow
Bolotnikov is surrendered before the Tsar Vasily Shuisky. Unknown artist
Vasili IV of Russia
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Vasili IV Ivanovich Shuisky was Tsar of all Russia from 1606 to 1610, after the murder of False Dmitri I. His rule coincided with the Time of Troubles. He was the only member of House of Shuisky to be
Uprising of Bolotnikov
…tsarist forces to take a decisive campaign on Tula. On June 22, 1607, the royal troops approached the walls of the rebellious Tula. On July 10, Tsar Vasily Shuisky took personal leadership of the siege of Tula. The situation of the besiegers was complicated by the fact that the Pretender appeared in Starodub, who…
1887 copy of a 1672 miniature of Vasili IV
Vasili Shuisky at the Warsaw Sejm
Vasili Shuisky with his brothers at the Warsaw Sejm on 29 October 1611 engraved by Tomasz Makowski after lost picture of Tommaso Dolabella
Vasili IV paying homage to Sigismund III of Poland in Warsaw, by Jan Matejko