CHAPTER V

THE CENTURY AFTER IVAN THE TERRIBLE (1584-1682 A.D.) 213

Character of Boris Godunov, 214. War with Sweden, 215. Serfdom, 218. Death of Dmitri, 219. The reign of Boris, 222. The false Dmitri appears, 224. Career and murder of Demetrius, 227. The false Dmitri; marriage and death, 228. Vasili Ivanovitch Shuiski, 229. Accession of the house of Romanov, 237. The Cossacks, 239. Last years of Michael, 242. Alexis, 243. Feodor, 247.

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