History of Eastern Europe: A Captivating Guide to a Shortened History of Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Moldova, Belarus, and Romania by Captivating History

Author:Captivating History [History, Captivating]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Tags: Non-Fiction, History, Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Moldova, Belarus, Romania, Illustrated
ISBN: 9781637164709
Publisher: Captivating History
Published: 2021-09-23T14:00:00+00:00

Russia Builds an Empire

At the beginning of the 17th century, Russia was barely a blip on the radar of Eastern Europe.[467] It couldn’t compete with powerhouses like the Ottoman Empire or the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. After the reign of Ivan the Terrible, Russia was weakened by civil strife. Things got worse in 1591 when Ivan’s youngest son, Dmitri Ivanovich—the next heir to the throne after his brother—died; he was presumably murdered (or disposed of) by the regent Boris Godunov, clearing the way for Boris to claim the throne.[468] The other European powers could smell blood in the water, and they put forward their own “Dmitris” as challengers to the throne. This phase of the “False Dmitris” would result in both the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden invading Russia to place their candidates on the throne.

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