This article is about the Russian tsar. For other uses, see Boris Godunov (disambiguation).Not to be confused with Boris I.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Feodorovich and the family name is Godunov.
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Boris Godunov Борис Годунов
Tsar of all Russia
Reign
21 February 1598 – 23 April [O.S. 13 April] 1605
Coronation
1 September 1598
Predecessor
Feodor I Irina Godunova (disputed)
Successor
Feodor II
Born
12 August [O.S. 2 August] 1552 Vyazma, Tsardom of Russia
Died
23 April [O.S. 13 April] 1605 (aged 52) Moscow, Tsardom of Russia
Burial
Godunov Mausoleum in front of the Cathedral of the Assumption at the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
Spouse
Maria Skuratova-Belskaya
Issue
Feodor II of Russia Xenia Godunova
Names
Borís Fyodorovich Godunóv
Dynasty
Godunov
Religion
Russian Orthodox
Boris Feodorovich Godunov (/ˈɡɒdənˌɔːf,ˈɡʊd-/;[1] Russian: Борис Фёдорович Годунов, romanized: Boris Fyodorovich Godunov; 12 August [O.S. 2 August] 1552[2] – 23 April [O.S. 13 April] 1605)[3][4] was the de facto regent of Russia from 1585 to 1598 and then tsar from 1598 to 1605 following the death of Feodor I, the last of the Rurik dynasty. After the end of his reign, Russia descended into the Time of Troubles.
^"Godunov". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
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^Pugachev, Alexey Nikolaevich (2009). Vyazemsky Territory – The birthplace of Boris Godunov (Вяземский край – родина Бориса Годунова) (in Russian). VF MGIU (ВФ МГИУ). ISBN 978-5902327561.
^Pugachev, Alexey Nikolaevich (25 September 2002). "Vyazma – Homeland of Boris Godunov?". Vyazemsky Bulletin (in Russian). 11 (121).
Boris Feodorovich Godunov (/ˈɡɒdənˌɔːf, ˈɡʊd-/; Russian: Борис Фёдорович Годунов, romanized: Boris Fyodorovich Godunov; 12 August [O.S. 2 August] 1552...
Ivan Petrovich Shuisky, and Fedor's brother-in-law, BorisGodunov. On the day of the coronation, Boris was named koniushii boiarin (master of the house or...
however, and soon began his anti-Godunov campaign seemingly in favor of Simeon Bekbulatovich. Tsar BorisGodunov appointed Belsky okolnichy and hastily...
politics, and the country was effectively administered in his name by BorisGodunov, the brother of his beloved wife Irina. His childless death marked the...
political police and unable to publish, Pushkin wrote his most famous play, BorisGodunov. His novel in verse Eugene Onegin was serialized between 1825 and 1832...
mother, Maria Nagaya, anticipated the assassination attempt ordered by BorisGodunov and helped him escape to a monastery in the Tsardom of Russia, and the...
Godunov (Russian: Годунов) is a Russian surname. Godunov can refer to the following: Two Tsars of Russia and their kin: Tsar Boris Fyodorovich Godunov...
the late 16th century. Having been presented by Shah Abbas I to Tsar BorisGodunov it was called a "Persian throne with stones". The form of the throne...
Russian folklore, and other national themes. Such works include the opera BorisGodunov, the orchestral tone poem Night on Bald Mountain and the piano suite...
of Troubles. Fyodor II was born in Moscow, the son and successor to BorisGodunov. His mother Maria Grigorievna Skuratova-Belskaya was one of the daughters...
continued his directing career, steering toward political films, directing BorisGodunov before being dismissed from the semi-governmental post in 1986. In 1973...
days later. She remained the nominal ruler of Russia until her brother BorisGodunov was elected tsar on 3 March [O.S. 21 February] 1598. The precise dates...
Addams. Badenov's name is a pun on that of 16th-century Russian tsar BorisGodunov (i.e., "good enough" vs. "bad enough"). His accent and explosive temper...
compositions, and particularly liked the "Scene by the Fountain" in his opera BorisGodunov. Mussorgsky had abandoned the scene in his original 1869 version, but...
to the Picaresque genre. Between Asia and Europe - From Ivan III to BorisGodunov / Между Азией и Европой - От Ивана III до Бориса Годунова (2015). History...
deficient. Actual power went to Feodor's brother-in-law, the boyar BorisGodunov (who is credited with abolishing Yuri's Day, the only time of the year...
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Anthony played Grigory in BorisGodunov at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon from November...
premiere of the original version of BorisGodunov in 1929, and subsequently produced a symphonic synthesis of Boris for concert purposes. Despite the success...
1993). "Boris Christoff, Bass, Dies at 79; Esteemed for His BorisGodunov". The New York Times. Forbes, Elizabeth (29 June 1993). "Obituary: Boris Christoff"...
This was headed from 1586 by BorisGodunov, Feodor's brother-in-law and Malyuta Skuratov's son-in-law. In 1584, Godunov sent Dmitry, and his mother and...
in BorisGodunov. He went on to sing for a record 41 seasons there, including becoming the first US-born singer to tackle the title role of Boris Godunov...
nobility and townspeople. The Time of Troubles saw the Zemsky Sobor elect BorisGodunov as Tsar in 1598 during the succession crisis after the end of the Rurik...
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