False Dmitriy I, Cyrillic Дмитрий (other transliterations: Dmitry, Dmitri, Dmitrii), (ruled 1605-1606) was one of three pretenders to the Russian throne who claimed to be the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, tsarevich Dmitriy Ivanovich, who had supposedly escaped a 1591 assassination attempt. It is generally believed that the real Dmitriy was assassinated in Uglich and that this False Dmitriy's real name was Grigory Otrepyev, although this is far from certain. 17th-century portrait of False Dmitriy I This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... 17th-century portrait of False Dmitriy I This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several Slavic languages; (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... Transliteration in a narrow sense is a mapping from one script into another script. ... // Events April 13 - Tsar Boris Godunow dies - Feodor II accedes to the throne May 16 - Paul V becomes Pope June 1 - Russian troops in Moscow imprison Feodor II and his mother. ... Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill Premier Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... A Pretender is a claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne. ... Ivan IV (August 25, 1530–March 18, 1584) was the first ruler of Russia to assume the title of tsar. ... Dmitriy Ivanovich, also known as Dmitry of Uglich and Dmitry of Moscow (Дмитрий Иванович, Дмитрий Угличский, Дмитрий Московский in Russian) (October 19, 1582 — May 15, 1591) was a Russian tsarevich, son of Ivan the Terrible and Maria Nagaya. ... Events June - Capture of Zutphen by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau. ... Transfiguration cathedral in the kremlin Uglich (Russian: У́глич, pronounced ooglitch) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, on the Volga River. ...

Background of the pretender

This would-be Dmitriy appeared in history circa 1600, when he impressed the Muscovite patriarch Jove with his learning and assurance. Tsar Boris, however, ordered him to be seized and examined, whereupon he fled to Prince Constantine Ostrogsky at Ostrog (modern Ostroh), and subsequently entered the service of another Lithuanian family, Wisniowiecki's. Princes Adam and Michał Wiśniowiecki, accepted him for what he purported to be, because it gave them an opportunity to get involved in the affairs of Russia. Jove (real name: Иоанн, or Ioann), also known as Jove of Moscow (2nd quarter of the 16th century - June 19, 1607) was the first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. ... Tsar Boris I Boris Feodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в) (c. ... Noble Family Ostrogski Coat of Arms Ostrogski Parents Konstanty Ostrogski Aleksandra Słucka Consorts Zofia Tarnowska Children with Zofia Tarnowska Elżbieta Ostrogska Janusz Ostrogski Katarzyna Ostrogska Konstanty Ostrogski Aleksander Ostrogski Date of Birth 1526 Place of Birth Ostróg Date of Death 1608 Place of Death Ostróg Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (1526-13... image goes here Noble Family WiÅ›niowiecki Coat of Arms Korybut Parents Consorts Aleksandra Chodkiewicz Children Krystyna WiÅ›niowiecka Date of Birth 16th century Place of Birth  ? Date of Death 1622 Place of Death  ? Adam WiÅ›niowiecki (?-1622) - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth szlachcic and magnate. ... For king of Poland, see MichaÅ‚ Korybut WiÅ›niowiecki. ...

There were vague rumours that Dmitriy was an illegitimate son of a previous Polish king, Stefan Batory, who had reigned from 1575 to 1586. According to a later tale, False Dmitriy blurted out his identity when his master had slapped him in anger. Dmitriy himself claimed that his mother, the widow of Tsar Ivan, had anticipated Godunov's assassination attempt and had given him into the care of a doctor who hid with him in Russian monasteries. After the doctor died, he had fled to Poland where he worked as a teacher for a brief time before coming to the service of Wisniowiecki. A number of people who had known the Tsar Ivan later claimed that Dmitriy did resemble the young tsarevich. Dmitriy displayed aristocratic skills like riding and literacy and spoke both Russian and Polish. Illegitimacy was a term in common usage for the condition of being born of parents who are not validly married to one another; the legal term is bastardy. ... Stefan Batory (1533-1586) was Prince of Transylvania (1571-1575), then King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1575-1586). ... Events February 13 - Henry III of France is crowned at Reims February 14 - Henry III of France marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont June 28 - Oda Nobunaga defeats Takeda Katsuyori in the battle of Nagashino, which has been called Japans first modern battle. ... 1586 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ...

False Dmitriy swears allegiance to Sigismund III (1874).

Regardless of whether they believed the tale of Dmitriy, Adam Wiśniowiecki, Roman Różyński, Jan Sapieha and several other Polish noblemen decided to support him against Boris Godunov. On March 1604, Dmitriy visited the royal court of Sigismund III Vasa in Kraków. The king provisionally supported him, but did not promise any direct aid to help him in his way to the throne of Russia. To attract the support of powerful Jesuits, Dmitriy publicly converted to Roman Catholicism on the April 17 1604, and convinced the papal nuncio Rangoni to back up his claim. At that time he also met Marina Mniszech, a Polish Catholic noblewoman, who was a daughter of Jerzy Mniszech. He asked for her hand and was promised it in return for giving Mniszech family Pskov, Novgorod, Smolensk and Novhorod-Siverskyi. Download high resolution version (537x681, 95 KB)Nikolay Vasilievich Nevrev. ... Download high resolution version (537x681, 95 KB)Nikolay Vasilievich Nevrev. ... image goes here Noble Family WiÅ›niowiecki Coat of Arms Korybut Parents Consorts Aleksandra Chodkiewicz Children Krystyna WiÅ›niowiecka Date of Birth 16th century Place of Birth  ? Date of Death 1622 Place of Death  ? Adam WiÅ›niowiecki (?-1622) - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth szlachcic and magnate. ... The Polish name Jan (John) was particularily popular among the szlachta family of Sapieha. ... Events January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans September 20 – Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three year siege. ... Reign in Poland From September 18, 1587 until April 19, 1632 Reign in Sweden From November 17, 1592 until July 24, 1599 Elected in Poland On September 18, 1587 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Coronation in Poland On December 27, 1587 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Coronation... Tomb of Kazimierz the Great St. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... From the ancient Latin Nuntius, meaning any envoy. ... Noble Family Mniszchowie Coat of Arms Mniszech or Konczyc or Poraj1 Parents Jerzy Mniszech Jadwiga Tarło Husbands False Dmitri I False Dmitri II Ivan Zarutsky Children Ivan Dmitriyevich Date of Birth 1588 Place of Birth  ? Date of Death 1614 Place of Death  ? Marina Mniszech (Марина Мнишек (Marina Mnishek) in Russian... Noble Family Mniszchowie Coat of Arms Mniszech or Konczyc or Poraj1 Parents Mikołaj z Wielkich Kuńczyc Wracimowa Mniszech Consorts Jadwiga Tarło Children Urszula Mniszech Marina Mniszech Eufrozyna Mniszech Mikołaj Mniszech Stanisław Bonifacy Mniszech Stefan Jan Mniszech Franciszek Bernard Mniszech Date of Birth Abt. ... The Trinity Cathedral (1682-99) is a symbol of Pskovs former might and independence. ... Velikiy Novgorod (Russian: ) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia, situated on the M10(E95) federal highway connecting Moscow and St. ... A view of Smolensk in 1912 Smolensk (Russian: ) is a city in western Russia, located on the Dnieper River at 54. ... Novhorod-Siverskyj (Ukrainian: ) or Novgorod-Sjeverskij (Russian: ) is a historic town in the Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine, on the bank of the Desna River, 200 km from the capital Kiev and 45 km south from the Russian border. ...

Way to the Russian throne

When Boris Godunov heard about the pretender, he claimed that the man was just a runaway monk called Grigory Otrepyev (born Yury Otrepyev; Grigory was the name given at the monastery), although on what information he based this claim is unclear. Regardless, his support began to wane, especially when he tried to spread counter-rumors. Some of the Russian boyars also claimed to accept Dmitriy's claim because it gave them legitimate reason not to pay taxes to Godunov. A boyar (also spelled bojar) was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Russian, Romanian and Bulgarian aristocracy, second only to the ruling princes, from the 10th through the 17th century. ...

Dmitriy attracted a number of followers, formed a small army and gained support of Commonwealth magnate's who gave him approximately 3500 soldiers from their private armies. With them he rode to Russia on June 1604. Enemies of Godunov, including the southern Cossacks, joined his forces on his way to Moscow. Dmitriy's forces fought two engagements with reluctant Russian soldiers; they won the first capturing Chernigov (modern Chernihiv), Putivl (Putyvl), Sevsk, and Kursk but badly lost the second and nearly disintegrated. Dmitriy's cause was only saved when the news of the death of Tsar Boris reached the troops. This article needs cleanup. ... Chernihiv (Чернігів in Ukrainian) is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the central city of Chernihivska oblast. Some common historical spellings of the name are Polish: Czernichów, and Russian: Чернигов, Chernigov. ... Putivl ( Ukrainian / Russian : Путивль) is an ancient town in north-east Ukraine, in Sumy Oblast. ... Sevsk (Севск in Russian) is a small town in the Bryansk Oblast in Russia, located on the Sev River (Dnieper basin) 142 km away from Bryansk. ... Kursk (Russian: ; pronunciation: koorsk) is a city in Central Russia, the administrative center of Kursk Oblast. ...

The sudden death of Tsar Boris (April 13, 1605) removed the last barrier to the pretender's further progress. Russian troops began to defect to Dmitriy's side and on June 1 boyars in Moscow imprisoned the newly-crowned tsar, Feodor II, and his mother and later killed them. On the 20 June the impostor made his triumphal entry into Moscow, and on the July 21 he was crowned tsar by a new patriarch of his own choosing, the Greek Ignatius. April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... // Events April 13 - Tsar Boris Godunow dies - Feodor II accedes to the throne May 16 - Paul V becomes Pope June 1 - Russian troops in Moscow imprison Feodor II and his mother. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... Assassination of Feodor II (1862). ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... Ignatius (Игнатий in Russian) (1540 - 1620), a cleric of Greek descent, was the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia in 1605-1606. ...

False Dmitriy's policies as a tsar

At first the new tsar tried to consolidate his power by visiting the sepulchre of Tsar Ivan, and the convent of his widow Maria Nagaya, who accepted him as her son. Then he begun to propagate his new policies. Contemporary accounts described him as a man of original genius and extraordinary resource. Maria Feodorovna Nagaya (Мария Федоровна Нагая in Russian) (? - 1608) was a Russian tsaritsa and seventh unofficial wife of Ivan the Terrible. ...

At once he proceeded to introduce a whole series of political and economical reforms. He did his best to relieve the burdens of the peasantry; he formed the project of a grand alliance between the emperor, the pope, Republic of Venice, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Muscovy against the Turks; he displayed an amazing toleration in religious matters which made people suspect that he was a crypto-Arian; and far from being, as was expected, the tool of Poland and the pope, he maintained from the first a dignified and independent attitude, for example by supporting the rokosz of Zebrzydowski against Sigismund. In a detail of Brueghels Land of Cockaigne (1567) a soft-boiled egg has little feet to rush to the luxuriating peasant who catches drops of honey on his tongue, while roast pigs roam wild: the 16th century was a good time for European peasants A peasant, from 15th... The Most Serene Republic of Venice (Venetian: Serenìsima Repùblica Vèneta; Italian: ) was a Venetian city-state in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article is about theological views like those of Arius. ... Rokosz of Zebrzydowski (also known as Zebrzydowski Rebellion, Polish: rokosz Zebrzydowskiego) was a rokosz (semi-legal rebellion) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against its king Zygmunt III Waza. ...

Dmitriy was also lenient to his enemies, pardoning Vasily Shuisky who began to plot against him. His extravagant opinion of his own authority (he lost no time in styling himself emperor), and his predilection for Western civilization, alarmed the ultraconservative boyars, who had formerly supported him only to get rid of Boris Godunov. Vasili IV of Russia (1552 – September 12, 1612) was the last Rurikid tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610. ... An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ... For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West. ... Tsar Boris I Boris Feodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в) (c. ...

Last minutes of False Dmitriy (1879).

The boyars, headed by Prince Vasily Shuisky, began to plot against him, accusing him of sodomy, spreading Roman Catholicism and other Polish customs. They gained popular support, especially as Dmitriy was guarded by Commonwealth forces, who still garrisoned Moscow and often engaged in various criminal acts and angered the local population. Karl Wenig (1830-1908). ... Karl Wenig (1830-1908). ... Vasili IV of Russia (1552 РSeptember 12, 1612) was the last Rurikid tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610. ... Fran̤ois Elluin, Sodomites provoking the wrath of God, from Le pot pourri de Loth (1781). ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...

On May 8 1606 when Dmitriy finally married Marina Mniszech in Moscow. Usually when a Russian Tsar married a woman of another faith, she first converted to Orthodox Christianity. It is believed that Dmitriy made a concession to his Polish supporters to convert Russia to Catholicism after gaining the throne. For this reason Mniszech did not convert to the Orthodox faith. This angered the Russian Orthodox Church, the boyars, and the population alike and increased the support of his enemies. Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill Premier Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... ... The Russian Orthodox Church (also known as the Orthodox Catholic Church of Russia) (Русская Православная церковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs and primates of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ...

At the morning of May 17, 1606, about two weeks after the marriage, conspirators stormed the Kremlin. Dmitriy tried to flee through a window but broke his leg in the fall. One of the plotters shot him dead on the spot. At first the body was put on display, then cremated and the ashes were reportedly shot from a cannon towards Poland. Dmitriy's reign had lasted a mere ten months. Vasili Shuisky took his place as Tsar. May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill Premier Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... The Moscow Kremlin The Moscow Kremlin ( Russian: Московский Кремль) is the best known kremlin ( Russian citadel). ...

Portrayals in literature

• Dmitriy's story was dramatized by Schiller, Sumarokov, Pushkin, Khomyakov and by Modest Mussorgsky in the opera Boris Godunov.
• Rainer Marie Rilke recounts the overthrow of Otrepyev in The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, Rilke's only longer prose work.

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See also

• Polish-Muscovite War (1605-1618)
• False Dmitriy II
• False Dmitriy III
• Ivan Bolotnikov