The generic name False Dmitry (also Pseudo-Demetrius, Russian: Лжедмитрий, Lžedmitrij) refers to various impostors who passed themselves off as the deceased Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia, the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, and claimed the Russian throne during the Time of Troubles (1598–1613), after the real Dmitry's death at the age of eight in 1591.[1] Each of these impostors claimed to have miraculously escaped the assassination attempt that appeared to have claimed Dmitry's life, and, in the case of II and III, also to have escaped the assassinations that subsequently targeted I and II.
Several people impersonated Dmitry Ivanovich, most prominently:
False Dmitry I (1582–1606), who actually became Tsar of Russia and reigned 1605–1606
False Dmitry II, active 1607–1610
False Dmitry III, active 1611–1612
False Dmitry IV [ru], active 1611–1612[2][3] (some argue that False Dmitry IV is just False Dmitry III due to bad record keeping)[citation needed]
^Bain 1911.
^Усенко О. Г. «Новые данные О лжемонархах в России XVII Века»
^Соловьёв С. М. «История России с древнейших времён», кн. 4 стр. 645
The generic name FalseDmitry (also Pseudo-Demetrius, Russian: Лжедмитрий, Lžedmitrij) refers to various impostors who passed themselves off as the deceased...
FalseDmitry I (Russian: Лжедмитрий I, tr. Lzhedmitriy I) (or Pseudo-Demetrius I) reigned as the Tsar of all Russia from 10 June 1605 until his death on...
FalseDmitry II (Russian: Лжедмитрий II, tr. Lzhedmitrii II; died 21 December [O.S. 11 December] 1610), historically known as Pseudo-Demetrius II and also...
FalseDmitry III (Russian: Лжедмитрий III, tr. Lzhedmitrii III; died July 1612), historically known as Pseudo-Demetrius III, was the last and most enigmatic...
leading to a violent succession crisis with numerous usurpers and falseDmitrys (imposters) claiming the title of tsar. Russia experienced the famine...
Troubles by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which had supported FalseDmitry II as the Tsar of Russia since 1607. Tsar Vasili IV formed a military...
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chaos and foreign intervention. One of the imposters to the throne, FalseDmitry I, laid claim to the title of imperator or tsesar (tsar), which was rejected...
the pretender the FalseDmitry I, who posed as her son, she was called by Godunov, who questioned her, but she denied having met Dmitry and was sent back...
Troubles as the wife of FalseDmitry I. Following the death of her husband, she later married another imposter to the throne, FalseDmitry II. A devout Catholic...
sponsored by the Polish nobility (see FalseDmitry). However, most modern Russian historians consider the version of Dmitry's survival improbable, since it is...
impetus for the repeated emergence of impostors such as FalseDmitry I, FalseDmitry II, and FalseDmitry III. On the death of Boris, who had become tsar, and...
descended into anarchy. There followed a series of impostors, known as the FalseDmitrys, each claiming to be Feodor I's long deceased younger brother; however...
the death of Tsar Fedor in 1598. He led the government forces against FalseDmitry I. After the impostor seized power, he was able to retain his position...
Shuisky and in December 1608 he joined the army of FalseDmitry II. After the death of FalseDmitry II, Trubetskoy enters into negotiations with Prokopy...
Lyapunov and his brother Zakhary Lyapunov sided with FalseDmitry I who (upon being uncovered as a false Czar) was killed in a plot by Vasili IV Shuisky (Tsar)...
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power, triggering a conflict with a pretender to the Russian throne, FalseDmitry II. Additionally, Russia began fighting the Polish–Muscovite War following...
command of Khlopko Kosolap. After the death of FalseDmitry I, rumors spread around Moscow that it was not Dmitry who was killed in the palace, but someone...
successful against FalseDmitry II, dispersing his court in Tushino, a former village and town to the north of Moscow, where Dmitry II maintained an alternative...
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because they were commoners." The tsar's family relationship with FalseDmitry I, FalseDmitry II, and Prince Wladyslaw was covered up, even the two years Mikhail...
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