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False Dmitry I

1581 - 1606

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False Dmitry I or Pseudo-Demetrius I (Russian: Лжедмитрий I, romanized: Lzhedmitriy I) reigned as the Tsar of all Russia from 10 June 1605 until his death on 17 May 1606 under the name of Dmitriy Ivanovich (Russian: Дмитрий Иванович). According to historian Chester S. L. Dunning, Dmitry was "the only Tsar ever raised to the throne by means of a military campaign and popular uprisings". He was the first, and most successful, of three impostors who claimed during the Time of Troubles to be the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich, who supposedly escaped a 1591 assassination attempt when he was eight years old. It is generally believed that the real Dmitry of Uglich died in Uglich in 1591. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. False Dmitry I is the 1,946th most popular politician (down from 1,069th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Russia (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 59th most popular Russian Politician.

False Dmitri is the name given to a pretender to the Russian throne. He was born in Moscow in 1605, and was the son of a Russian nobleman named Grigory Otrepyev. After the death of Tsar Feodor I, the throne was left vacant and the country was plunged into chaos. False Dmitri was crowned tsar by a group of nobles who were dissatisfied with the rule of Tsar Alexis. False Dmitri was crowned tsar by a group of nobles who were dissatisfied with the rule of Tsar Alexis.

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Among politicians, False Dmitry I ranks 1,946 out of 19,576. Before him are Marozia, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica, Karl Hermann Frank, Leo II, Yoshihide Suga, and Libius Severus. After him are Luís I of Portugal, Nitocris, John William Friso, Prince of Orange, Benigno Aquino Jr., Marcelo Caetano, and Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1581, False Dmitry I ranks 2. Before him is Vincent de Paul. After him are Domenichino, Bernardo Strozzi, James Ussher, Peter Claver, Giulia Tofana, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Hendrik Brouwer, Edmund Gunter, and Frans Francken the Younger. Among people deceased in 1606, False Dmitry I ranks 2. Before him is Guy Fawkes. After him are Karel van Mander, Justus Lipsius, Guru Arjan, Alessandro Valignano, Stephen Bocskai, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, Turibius of Mogrovejo, and Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, False Dmitry I ranks 171 out of 3,761. Before him are Ivan Goncharov (1812), Alexander Kolchak (1874), Felix Steiner (1896), Anatoly Dyatlov (1931), Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), and El Lissitzky (1890). After him are Eduard Limonov (1943), Boris Berezovsky (1946), Alexey Stakhanov (1906), Gala Dalí (1894), Wladimir Köppen (1846), and Alexander Oparin (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, False Dmitry I ranks 59. Before him are Vasili III of Russia (1479), Feodor II of Russia (1589), Raisa Gorbacheva (1932), Lyudmila Putina (1958), Genrikh Yagoda (1891), and Alexander Kolchak (1874). After him are Eduard Limonov (1943), Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708), Yakov Sverdlov (1885), Öz Beg Khan (1282), Felix Yusupov (1887), and Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (1690).

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