Western Civilization II / Unit 3 WC2 0210 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Time of Troubles and the First Romanov, 1613
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The idea
After Ivan IV's death in fifteen eighty-four Russia passed thirty years without a recognized sovereign: noble independence, civil war, invasion. In sixteen thirteen an assembly of nobles elected Michael, the first Romanov; weak tsars followed, facing risings.
In practice
The dynasty that ruled to nineteen seventeen began as a nobles' choice.
Where people slip
The witness has the Troubles; the election date is the anchor's.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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