Time of Troubles - table by periods

The first period of the Time of Troubles - chronological table

The struggle for the Moscow throne (from the accession of Boris Godunov to the assassination of False Dmitry I)

1598 - The death of Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich, the end of the Rurik dynasty. The Zemsky Sobor elects Boris Godunov (1598-1605) as king.

1600 - The first rumors about the rescue of Tsarevich Dmitry. Imprisonment by Godunov of Dmitry's former tutor, Bogdan Belsky. The Polish embassy of Leo Sapieha to Moscow (late 1600 - early 1601) and his intrigues among the boyars dissatisfied with Godunov.

1601 - Hungry years in Russia (1601-1603). Imprisonment of the Romanov brothers competing with Godunov. The law on the prohibition of the export of peasants from small to large owners.

1603 - Fights near Moscow with a gang of Cotton Kosolap. In Poland, the Vishnevetsky family nominates the impostor False Dmitry I.

1604 – Meeting of False Dmitry I with the Polish king Sigismund III in Krakow (March). The transition of the impostor to Catholicism and his second meeting with the king (April). Entry of detachments of False Dmitry I into the Muscovite state (autumn). Their occupation of Chernigov, Putivl, Kursk, Belgorod, Liven. The siege by the Pretender of Basmanov in Novgorod-Seversky and the defeat (December 21) of the army of F. Mstislavsky, moved to help Basmanov.

1605 - The defeat of the Pretender at Dobrynich (January 20) and his flight to Putivl. Unsuccessful siege of Rylsk and Krom by governors of Godunov. Death of Tsar Boris Godunov (April 13). Transfer of Basmanov's army to the side of the Pretender (May 7). Campaign of False Dmitry to Moscow through Oryol and Tula. Reading by Pleshcheev and Pushkin of the letter of the Pretender in Moscow and the arrest of Tsar Fyodor Borisovich by Muscovites (June 1). The murder of Tsar Fedor and his mother (June 10). Entry of False Dmitry I to Moscow (June 20). His coronation to the kingdom (July 21)

1606 – Reception by False Dmitry of the papal embassy Rangoni in Moscow (February). Wedding of False Dmitry and Marina Mnishek (May 8). Boyar rebellion in Moscow and the murder of the Pretender (May 17).

The second period of the Time of Troubles - chronological table

Destruction of the state order (reign of Vasily Shuisky)

1606 - Accession of Vasily Shuisky. Kissing the new tsar that he will do all the most important things only on the advice of the boyars. Speech against Shuisky Bolotnikov and the Lyapunov militia. Taking the village of Kolomenskoye (October), Bolotnikov tries to besiege Moscow. The quarrel between the noble and peasant armies near Moscow, the transition of the Lyapunovs to the side of Shuisky (November 15). The defeat of Bolotnikov in the battle near the village of Kotly (December 2) and his flight from Moscow to Kaluga.

The battle of Bolotnikov's troops with the tsarist army. Painting by E. Lissner

1607 - Bolotnikov's breakthrough from Kaluga to Tula, his plans to again go to Moscow (spring). The siege of Bolotnikov in Tula (June 30 - October 1) and the suppression of his rebellion. The appearance of False Dmitry II in Starodub; occupation of Bryansk, Kozelsk and Orel.

1608 - The campaign of False Dmitry II to Moscow and the occupation of Tushin by him (early July). Beginning of the siege of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra by Sapieha (September 23).

1609 - The first attempt to depose Shuisky in Moscow (G. Sumbulov and V. Golitsyn, February 17). The union of Tsar Vasily with the Swedes on the terms of concession to those of Korela (end of February). Tushino attacks on Moscow (June). The campaign of Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky and Delagardie from Novgorod to Moscow in order to free it from the siege by False Dmitry II. Their capture of Tver (July 13) and Pereyaslavl. The Polish king Sigismund III declares war on Russia and besieges Smolensk (since September 16).