Ivan Susanin (15?? - 1613) was a Russian folk hero and martyr of the early 17th century's Time of Troubles. Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... For the Dungeons & Dragons plotline, see Time of Troubles (Forgotten Realms). ...

Between 1610 and 1612, Russia was ruled by Polish kings. After a Russian army led by Dmitri Pozharski defeated the Polish occupation force and libеrated Moscow, the Russian leaders decided to gather a Zemsky Sobor to elect a new tsar. The Sobor delibrated for months, but on 21 February 1613, 16-year-old Michael Romanov, the son of Filaret (Fedor), Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Russia, was elected. A party with news was sent to Ipatiev Monastery, near Kostroma, where Michael then lived with his mother. Pozharsky and Minin monument (1804-16) in front of Saint Basils Cathedral Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky (Russian: Дми́трий Миха́йлович Пожа́рский, Polish: Dymitr Pożarski) (November 1, 1578 - April 30, 1642) was a Rurikid prince who obtainted from the tsar an unprecedented title of the Saviour of Motherland. ... Saint Basils Cathedral Moscow (Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Maskvá  listen), capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ... The zemsky sobor (Russian: зе́мский собо́р) was the first Russian parliament of the 16th and 17th centuries. ... Tsar (Bulgarian цар, Russian царь,  listen; often spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires since 913, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in Russia from 1547 to... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... Mikhail at the Ipatiev Monastery. ... Originally a patriarch is a man who exercises autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. ... Eastern Orthodoxy (also called Greek Orthodoxy and Russian Orthodoxy) is a Christian tradition which represents the majority of Eastern Christianity. ... The Ipatiev Monastery (Ипатьевский монастырь in Russian) is a male monastery in Kostroma. ... Kostroma (Russian: Кострома́) is a historic city in central Russia, administrative centre of the Kostroma Oblast. ...

The forces of Polish king Ladislaus IV, who refused to accept defeat and still laid claim to the Russian throne, discovered the news and sent troops to Kostroma to find and kill the young tsar. It is said that they did not know the road to the monastery very well, so they started to ask the locals for directions. Ivan Susanin, then a logger who lived in a village close to Kostroma, promised to take them via a "shortcut" through a forest directly to the monastery, so that they could beat the Russian Sobor's party there. The Poles force followed him and was never heard from again. It is presumed that Susanin led them so deep into the forest that they could not find a way out, and they perished in the bitter cold February night. Reign in Poland From November 8, 1632 until May 20, 1648 Reign in Russia From 1610 until 1635 Elected in Poland On November 8, 1632 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Elected in Russia In 1610 Coronation On February 6, 1633 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House...

Susanin's grandson, who Susanin secretly sent ahead via a different route, warned Michael Romanov, and the monastery hid him from further Polish raids. He was crowned tsar and ruled Russia for 32 years, founding the Romanov dynasty. The House of Romanov (Рома́нов, pronounced Ro-MAH-nof), the second and last imperial dynasty of Russia, which ruled Muscovy and the Russian Empire for five generations from 1613 to 1762. ...

The thankful tsar ordered a monument built to Susanin in Kostroma. Russian composer Glinka wrote an opera, A Life for the Tsar ("Zhizn za tsarya") in his honor. Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Михаи́л Ива́нович Гли́нка) (June 1, 1804 – February 15, 1857) was a Russian composer. ... This article is about opera as an art form. ... A Life for the Tsar (Жизнь за царя in Russian), sometimes known as Ivan Susanin (Иван Сусанин), is an opera by Mikhail Glinka. ...