When did the Rurik dynasty end and who became tsar next?
The Rurik dynasty ended on the 28th of January 1598 when Tsar Feodor I died without an heir. Boris Godunov became tsar in September 1598 after a sham zemskii sobor election.
Questions about Time of Troubles
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What caused the famine between 1601 and 1603 during the Time of Troubles?
Catastrophic harvest failures occurred between 1601 and 1603 due to nighttime summer temperatures dropping below freezing. These extreme weather conditions led to widespread famine that killed nearly one-third of the population within three years.
How did False Dmitry I die and what happened to his body?
Armed mobs killed False Dmitry I on the 17th of May 1606 during an uprising that lasted six or seven hours. His corpse lay exposed on Red Square for three days alongside four hundred twenty Poles and several hundred Russians.
Who liberated Moscow from Polish occupation in 1612?
Kuzma Minin collected taxes to fund a second militia while Prince Dmitry Pozharsky led these forces. The volunteer force arrived at Moscow on the 28th of July 1612 and forced the Polish garrison to surrender unconditionally on the 27th of October 1612.
When was Mikhail Romanov elected tsar and how many people died during the conflict period?
The Zemsky Sobor elected sixteen-year-old Mikhail Romanov as tsar on the 21st of February 1613 though he was crowned on the 21st of July. Total deaths ranged between one million and 1.2 million people across the conflict period.