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Vasili IV of Russia

1552 - 1612

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Vasili IV Ivanovich Shuisky (Russian: Василий IV Иванович Шуйский, romanized: Vasiliy IV Ivanovich Shuyskiy, c. 1552 – 12 September 1612) was Tsar of all Russia from 1606 to 1610, after the murder of False Dmitri I. His rule coincided with the Time of Troubles. He was the only member of House of Shuisky to become tsar and the last member of the Rurikid dynasty (Yurievichi branch) to rule as tsar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasili IV of Russia is the 1,376th most popular politician (down from 1,158th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Russia (up from 128th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Russian Politician.

Vasili IV, also known as Vasili I of Russia, was a tsar of Russia from 1606 to 1610. He is most famous for his execution of the False Dmitriy I, a pretender to the Russian throne.

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Among politicians, Vasili IV of Russia ranks 1,376 out of 19,576. Before him are Yazdegerd III, Theodor Heuss, John II Casimir Vasa, Jovian, Jiaqing Emperor, and Richard of Cornwall. After him are Sasaki Kojirō, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Turgut Özal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Getúlio Vargas, and P. V. Narasimha Rao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1552, Vasili IV of Russia ranks 5. Before him are Pope Paul V, Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Boris Godunov, and Matteo Ricci. After him are Lavinia Fontana, Seonjo of Joseon, Hans von Aachen, Jost Bürgi, Edmund Spenser, Petrus Plancius, and Agrippa d'Aubigné. Among people deceased in 1612, Vasili IV of Russia ranks 2. Before him is Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Sasaki Kojirō, Giovanni Gabrieli, Christopher Clavius, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Federico Barocci, Karin Månsdotter, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Hans Leo Hassler, and Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasili IV of Russia ranks 127 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail Sholokhov (1905), Feodor III of Russia (1661), Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944), Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797), Mikhail Glinka (1804), and Sergey Kirov (1886). After him are Mily Balakirev (1837), Andrey Kolmogorov (1903), Pavel Cherenkov (1904), Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878), Vasily Chuikov (1900), and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Vasili IV of Russia ranks 47. Before him are Grigory Potemkin (1739), Ivan VI of Russia (1740), Feodor III of Russia (1661), Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944), Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797), and Sergey Kirov (1886). After him are Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893), Alexei Rykov (1881), Ivan V of Russia (1666), Walther Funk (1890), Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (1897), and Vasili III of Russia (1479).

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