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Time of Troubles

The Time of Troubles (Russian: Смутное время, romanized: Smutnoye vremya), also known as Smuta (Russian: Смута, lit. 'troubles'), was a period of political crisis in Russia which began in 1598 with the death of Feodor I, the last of the House of Rurik, and ended in 1613 with the accession of Michael I of the House of Romanov at the 1613 Zemsky Sobor.

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Polish and Swedish intervention

Battle of Moscow

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related to Further reading · 21
Time of Troubles → Chapter, Chester, Daniel, Dunning, Era, Founding, In The Story, ISBN, Metropolitan Books, Orlando, Penn State Press, Pseudo-Tsars, Romanov Dynasty, Russia, Russia's First Civil War, Russia's Upheavals, Shubin, The Time, Time, Troubles
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Time of Troubles → Boris Godunov, False Dmitry, It, Ivan Susanin, Kremlin, Mikhail Romanov, Moscow, November, October Revolution, Poles, Polish, Pozharsky-Minin, President Vladimir Putin, Russia, Soviet Union, The, The Time, Troubles, Unity Day

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