'Time of the Troubles' begins in Russia

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.1.00: Slavic and Russian Writing and Culture: Old, Medieval and Tsarist, 700-1917.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Domains

Civil Wars, Revolutions and Insurrections

Dates

Date of occurrence 1605-05-07

Places

Russia (Location)

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Russia faces a 'Time of Troubles', racked by famine following a succession of terrible harvests. The False Dmitri, claiming to be a son of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, claims the throne, but the chief of the army refuses to grant his support.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "'Time of the Troubles' begins in Russia". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 February 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=15616, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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