Sergey Ivanov, Time of Troubles, 1897. A nineteenth-century interpretation of insecurity and movement during the crisis, not an eyewitness record. Sergey Ivanov. Public domain (PD-Art reproduction). Image source.
The crisis was more than a struggle between rival rulers. The sections below follow the end of a dynasty, failed harvests, competing courts, foreign armies, and the uneasy coalition that recovered Moscow and chose a new tsar.
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