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Self-preservation as much as ambition lead Boris …
Years: 1598 - 1598
Self-preservation as much as ambition lead Boris to seize the throne at the death of the childless Feodor on January 7, 1598.
Had he not done so, the mildest treatment he could hope for would have been lifelong seclusion in a monastery.
His election is proposed by Patriarch Job of Moscow, who believes that Boris was the one man capable of coping with the difficulties of the situation.
Boris, however, will only accept the throne from the Zemsky Sobor, or national assembly, which meets on February 17 and unanimously elects him on February 21.
He is solemnly crowned Tsar of all the Russias on September 1.
Boris Godunov, Tsar of All Russia
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Years: 1598 - 1598
Boris Godunov, Tsar of All Russia
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