The Romanovs #1: Time of Troubles

Full episode for supporters: https://www.patreon.com/posts/romanovs-1-time-85935162 Or on Gumroad: https://russianswithattitude.gumroad.com/ 00:00:00 - Dynastic crisis 00:07:35 - Feodor I The Blessed 00:15:30 - Death of Dmitry of Uglich 00:18:20 - Boris Godunov & Smuta 00:26:05 - False Dmitry the First 00:32:40 - Invasion of the Pretender army 00:38:00 - Short reign of False Dmitry I 00:42:38 - Vasiliy IV Shuiskiy vs False Dmitry II 00:51:35 - Polish intervention & Rule of Seven Boyars 01:07:00 - Patriots in control: Minin & Pozharsky 01:11:25 - Election of a new tsar (Spoiler: Mikhail Romanov) 01:23:25 - 'A Life for the Tsar' aka Ivan Susanin opera by Mikhail Glinka