Vasili IV of Russia

✶January 1, 1552

†September 12, 1612

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About their life

Vasili IV Ivanovich Shuisky was Tsar of all Russia from 1606 to 1610, after the murder of False Dmitri I. His rule coincided with the Time of Troubles. He was the only member of House of Shuisky to become tsar and the last member of the Rurikid dynasty to rule as tsar.

Tsar of Russia (1606–1610)

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