WebEarly life. Ivan was the second son of Ivan the Terrible by his first wife Anastasia Romanovna.His brother was Feodor.The young Ivan accompanied his father during the Massacre of Novgorod at the age of 15. For five weeks, he and his father would watch the Oprichniks with enthusiasm and retire to church for prayer. At age 27, Ivan was at least …

WebGrand Duke Alexei Petrovich of Russia (28 February 1690 – 26 June 1718) was a Russian Tsarevich.He was born in Moscow, the son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife, Eudoxia Lopukhina.Alexei despised his father and repeatedly thwarted Peter's plans to raise him as successor to the throne.

WebTsarevich Dmitry or Dmitri Ivanovich (Russian: Дмитрий Иванович, tr. Dmitrii Ivanovich; 19 October 1582 – 15 May 1591), also known as Dmitry of Uglich (Дмитрий Угличский, Uglichskii) or Dmitry of Moscow (Дмитрий Московский, Moskovskii), was a Russian tsarevich, the son of Tsar Ivan the Terrible.Dmitry was famously impersonated by a …

WebPeter I (9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), most commonly known as Peter the Great, was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from 7 May [O.S. 27 April] 1682 to 1721 and subsequently the Russian Empire until his death in 1725, jointly ruling with his elder half-brother, Ivan V until 1696. He is primarily credited …

WebFalse Dmitry II (Russian: Лжедмитрий II, tr. Lzhedmitrii II; died 21 December [O.S. 11 December] 1610), historically known as Pseudo-Demetrius II and also called "тушинский вор" ("rebel/criminal of Tushino"), was the second of three pretenders to the Russian throne who claimed to be Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich, the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, …

WebThe Polish–Russian War of 1609–1618, also known as the Polish–Muscovite War or the Dimitriads, was a conflict fought between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth together with Zaporozhian Cossacks from 1609 to 1618.. Russia had been experiencing the Time of Troubles since the death of Tsar Feodor I in 1598, causing …

WebThe Imperial Order of Saint Anna (Russian: Орден Святой Анны; also "Order of Saint Anne" or "Order of Saint Ann") was a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry.It was established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, on 14 February 1735, in honour of his wife Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great of Russia.

WebMarina Mniszech, (Polish: Maryna Mniszech; Russian: Марина Мнишек, romanized: Marina Mnishek, Russian pronunciation: [mɐˈrinə ˈmniʂɨk]) also known in Russian lore as Marinka the Witch (c. 1588 – 24 December 1614) was a Polish noblewoman who became the Tsaritsa of Russia during the Time of Troubles.A devout Catholic, she hoped to …

WebBorn in Moscow on 29 March [O.S. 19 March] 1629, the son of Tsar Michael and Eudoxia Streshneva, the sixteen-year-old Alexis acceded to the throne after his father's death on 12 July 1645. In August, the Tsar's mother died, and following a pilgrimage to Sergiyev Posad he was crowned on 28 September in the Dormition Cathedral. He was committed to the …

WebYelena Sheremeteva, third wife of Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich (1554–1581), son of Ivan the Terrible. Fedor Sheremetev (1570–1650) cousin of Tsar Michael I and head of government in 1613–18 and 1642–46; Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev (1622–1682) fought in Ukraine