Rulers
Boris Godunov
An elected tsar
Show on the timeline- Lifespan
- c. 1552 — 1605
- Reign
- 1598–1605
Effectively led Feodor I's government before his accession and was elected tsar by the Zemsky Sobor in 1598. The famine of 1601–1603 and the emergence of False Dmitry I intensified the political crisis. He died during the struggle against the claimant.
- Dynasty
- Godunovs
- Centre of power
- Moscow
- Wife
- Maria Skuratova-Belskaya
- Children
- Feodor and Xenia
- Accession
- Election by the Zemsky Sobor, 1598