Elena Glinskaya

Elena Glinskaya

female, deceased (1538)
Russian, russian orthodox church, currency, regency, Women ruler, chronicle…PoliticsofMuscovy, Yury of Dmitrov
Elena Vasilyevna Glinskaya (? - April 4(13).1538, Moscow) was the second wife of Grand Prince Vasili III and regent of Russia for 5 years...
Tokhtamysh

Tokhtamysh

male, deceased (1406)
PoliticsofMuscovy, muscovy, khan, Mongol Khans, Golden Horde, Khans of the Golden Horde…Battle of Kulikovo
Tokhtamysh (d. ca 1406), was the last khan of the White Horde, who unified the White Horde and Blue Horde subdivisions of the Golden Horde into a...
False Dmitriy I

False Dmitriy I

male, deceased (1606)
Dimitriy Ioannovich, russian tsar, death by firearm in Russia, Tsar of Russia, cyrillic, Cyrillic alphabet…Time of Troubles, PoliticsofMuscovy
False Dimitriy I was the Tsar of Russia from July 21 1605 until his death on May 17 1606 under the name of Dimitriy Ioannovich (Cyrillic...

Shuisky

male
The Princes Shuisky, Vasili IV, Rurikid, Russian noble families, Shuya, Vladimir-Suzdal…PoliticsofMuscovy
The Princes Shuisky were a Rurikid family of boyars descending from Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Vladimir-Suzdal. Their name is derived...
Patriarch Nikon

Patriarch Nikon

male, deceased (1681)
russian orthodox church, Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow, PoliticsofMuscovy, patriarch, nikon, schism
Nikon, born Nikita Minin, was the seventh patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. This was one of the most important periods in the Church's...
Ivan Bolotnikov

Ivan Bolotnikov

male
Crimean Tatar, slave, Kaluga, Volga, Putyvl, Knyaz…Time of Troubles, PoliticsofMuscovy
Ivan Isayevich Bolotnikov was the leader of the uprising of 1606-1607 (Bolotnikov rebellion, Восстание Ивана Болотникова), which was part of the Tim...
Marina Mniszech

Marina Mniszech

female, deceased (1614)
Catholic, Time of Troubles, Rurikid, Bishop of Kraków, coronation, Retinue…PoliticsofMuscovy
Marina Mniszech, was a political adventurer in the Time of Troubles in Russia. Marina Mniszech was a daughter of a Polish Voivod Jerzy Mniszech -...
Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky

Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky

male, deceased (1610)
Michael I of Russia, Time of Troubles, Tula, Russia, persuade the Swedes to help the Russian tsar, Vasili Feodorovich Skopin-Shuisky, De la Gardie Campaign…House of Shuya, PoliticsofMuscovy
Prince Mikhail Vasiliyevich Skopin-Shuisky (1587 - April 23, OS (May 3, NS) 1610) was a youthful Russian statesman and military figure during the...

Maria Nagaya

female, deceased (1608)
prison, ivan the terrible, monastery, Russian royalty, PoliticsofMuscovy, tsar
Maria Feodorovna Nagaya (? - 1608) was a Russian tsaritsa and seventh (uncanonical) wife of Ivan the Terrible. Maria married Ivan IV in 1581 and a...