The Romanovs #1: Time of Troubles

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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