Piotr Nater
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 8 Aug
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But these regents quarrelled.
At last Boris Godunov treacherously seized the supreme authority by overthrowing his opponents, putting some to death, and banishing others.
It was then that Siberia began to serve as a place of exile.
Godunov was now virtual master, though he left Fyodor the title of Tsar.
As the latter was childless, Boris conceived the bold plan of exterminating the relatives of the legitimate ruler and securing the crown for himself and his descendants.
Fyodor's younger half brother, Dimitri, Demetrius, was secretly murdered, and his mother shut up in a convent.
The few relatives of the Tsar disappeared one after another in a way that could scarcely be called accidental.
Godunov then set himself.
He won the nobles by depriving the Russian peasants of their right of migrating freely, thus making them real serves bound to the soil, in fifteen ninety two.
was prepared for him when Fyodor died childless in fifteen ninety eight, and the ruling house of Muscovy ended with him.
No one thought of offering the crown to some other one of the numerous descendants of Rurik.
It was an easy thing for the grateful clergy to induce the people to call for the coronation of Boris Godunov.
The Great National Assembly, Duma, of bishops, boyars, princes, and representatives of the city merchant guilds approved the choice.
For some time, Boris, for Forum's sake, refused to accept the proferred crown.
At length, however, he submitted to God's will and was solemnly crowned in september fifteen ninety eight.
He had reached his goal, but as is wont to be the case with usurpers, he met with great difficulties, as soon as the people had had time to take a calm view of the situation.
The peasants could not forget or forgive the loss of the
of their liberty of migrating.
The Boyars would not forget that Boris had been one of their number.
The usurper, full of suspicion, dealt harshly with both classes.
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