Otrepyev Gregory (in the world - Yury Bogdanovich) - came from a noble Lithuanian family Nelidova.According to numerous sources, he was the first person to successfully pretended to be killed by Prince Dmitry Ivanovich - the son of Ivan the Terrible.In the story, he went as the first False Dmitry.
biography
Yuri Born in Galicia.His father died early, so he and his brother, raised by his mother, a widow.The child turned out to be a very capable and quickly learned to read and write, so was sent to Moscow for the service of Mikhail Romanov.
Then he rose to a high position, which nearly ruined the ambitious young man during the repression associated with "Romanovsky circle."To escape punishment, he was forced to take the vows and received the name of Gregory.Going from one monastery to another, in the end, he again returned to the capital.
emergence of False Dmitry
Here, according to the official version, he began to prepare for his future role vysprashivaya details of the murder of Prince, learn the rules and etiquette of court life.After some time, the future Lzhedmitry made an unforgivable mistake - mentioned that someday sit on the throne.It came to the king, and Gregory was forced to flee to Galich, Moore, and then in Rzeczpospolita.It was there that he first posed as a miracle survivor of Tsarevich Dmitry.
Formation
In 1604 Gregory Otrepyev crossed the Russian border, and began a military campaign against Boris Godunov, who took the throne after the death of Ivan the Terrible.Tsar Boris publicly stated that it was not the rightful heir to the throne, and the fugitive monk.Gregory declared anathema.
Then he began to show people the other person saying it tow, but the one who says he Dmitry indeed it is.Because of this, many people began to lean to the idea that the prince - true.Shortly thereafter Lzhedmitry yet officially took the throne and was recognized as the son of Ivan the Terrible.
lot of his contemporaries believed Otrepiev and Prince Dmitry one person, but still remained and those who noticed that the behavior of the king was more like a Polish nobleman than a Russian nobleman.
In 1605 Tsar Boris died, the throne was released.Grigory tow, taking advantage of the situation, gave the order to deal with Fedor Godunov.In addition, the mother of Tsarevich Dmitry, Maria, staged in Otrepiev recognized his son.And then in July 19605, the False Dmitry was crowned king.
Domestic Policy Falsdmitry 1
first actions of the new king had to get back links from many princes and boyars, who were exiled Boris Godunov and Fedor.Civil servants salaries were raised, and the landlords - increased land holdings.This was done due to the confiscation of land and money from the monasteries.
the south of the taxes have been abolished, and the rest of the country - increased.Composition of the Duma has been changed: now the representatives of the higher clergy were present in it as a compulsory member, and the body was called from now on by the Senate.More were set up new positions, taken from Poland: swordsman, epicalyx, podskarby.
Foreign Policy
Lzhedmitry did unobstructed entry and exit from the country, free of internal displacement.Visiting foreigners noted that such freedom does not exist in any European country.Most historians agree that Gregory Otrepyev trying to hold the country's Europeanization.
He tried to gain the support of neighboring countries and the recognition of himself as the emperor through alliances with Poland, Italy, Germany and France, but everywhere was a negative result of the refusal to give up some land and because of the negative attitude to the Catholic faith.
Death
Gradually, the people grew discontent with the new king, because he began to build Catholic churches in Moscow, introduced the "victuals clownish fun" canceled posledobedenny sleep.In addition, he arranged the wedding of Marina Mniszek in the Catholic rite.The Poles, who arrived in the capital for a long ceremony, began to break drunk in the house of wealthy citizens and rob them.This encouraged people to revolt, headed SHUISKI.An event took place May 17, 1606.
first Shuya called on the people to save the king from the Poles, and then directed the crowd to "evil heretic" trampling Russian customs.Using the general turmoil, conspirators stormed the palace, which was Lzhedmitry, and killed him.After his death he was placed in the middle of the market, where his body sprinkled sand and smeared with tar.
buried the king in "poor house", intended for frozen or upivshihsya.But a few days later his body turned itself elsewhere.False Dmitry was considered a sorcerer, so a few times burying his body deeper and deeper, but the land did not take the impostor.Then the body is burned, the ash is mixed with powder and shot from rushki towards Poland.
Shumsky and the conspirators did not conceal that the False Dmitry was seated on the throne with only one purpose - to remove Godunov to the throne.Then get rid of the new king with the same ease with which he gave short power.
