JUst a moment…

1. JUst a moment…

JUST A MOMENT…

2. The establishment of Romanovs dynasty

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
ROMANOVS DYNASTY
Made by Yuriy Volodin, 1190

3. Who they were

WHO THEY WERE
• The Romanov Dynasty was the
2nd imperial dynasty to rule Russia.
• The Romanov family reigned from
1613 until the abdication of Tsar
Nicholas II on March 15, 1917.

4. Mikhail’s family

MIKHAIL’S FAMILY
• Father - Patriarch Filaret, cousin of
Fyodor Ioannovich, the last Tsar from
Rurik family.
• Mother - Ksenia Shestova (nun
Marpha)

5. A few words about distemper

A FEW WORDS ABOUT DISTEMPER
• Political crisis
• Social crisis
• Economical crisis
• Plenty of changing Tsars
• Polish and Swedish
intervention
• “Confusing”, rapid
change in people’s minds

6. Causes of distemper

• The social tension
caused by oprichny
terror and further
enslavement
• The breakdown of
governance
mechanisms,
economic
disruption caused
by the oprichnina
CAUSES OF DISTEMPER

7. The liberation of Moscow from foreign invaders

THE LIBERATION OF MOSCOW
FROM FOREIGN INVADERS
• The process of national consolidation
• Formation of national militias

8. Zemsky assembly

ZEMSKY ASSEMBLY
• The candidacy of Mikhail Romanov
turned out to be a compromise in
many aspects
• Boyars could make a pressure on the
Tsar when solving key issues due to his
age
• Patriarch Filaret (his father) was an
authority in the ranks of the clergy
• The Romanov dynasty cooperated less
with the "unpatriotic" Polish
government in 1610-1612

9. First years of reign

• Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich
was young and
inexperienced, and until
1619 the country was
ruled by his mother and
her relatives.
• After liberation in 1619
from the Polish captivity
of the patriarch Filaret,
the actual power passed
into the hands of the
latter.
FIRST YEARS OF REIGN

10. literature

• «История России» Ш. М.
Мунчаев, В. М. Устинов
LITERATURE
• Карамзин Н. М., «История
государства Российского», в 12ти томах, в З-х книгах
• Ключевский В. О., «Русская
история. Полный курс лекций в
3-х книгах», Москва, «Мысль»,
1993.