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False Dmitry I

1581 - 1606

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False Dmitry I (Russian: Лжедмитрий I, tr. Lzhedmitriy I) (or Pseudo-Demetrius I) reigned as the Tsar of all Russia from 10 June 1605 until his death on 17 May 1606 under the name of Dmitriy Ivanovich (Russian: Дмитрий Иванович). According to historian Chester S. L. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of False Dmitry I has received more than 522,732 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). False Dmitry I is the 972nd most popular politician (up from 1,146th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Russia (up from 128th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Russian Politician.

False Dmitri is the name given to a pretender to the Russian throne. He was born in Moscow in 1605, and was the son of a Russian nobleman named Grigory Otrepyev. After the death of Tsar Feodor I, the throne was left vacant and the country was plunged into chaos. False Dmitri was crowned tsar by a group of nobles who were dissatisfied with the rule of Tsar Alexis. False Dmitri was crowned tsar by a group of nobles who were dissatisfied with the rule of Tsar Alexis.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, False Dmitry I ranks 972 out of 15,577. Before him are Casimir III the Great, Zewditu, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, Frederick VIII of Denmark, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Pedro II of Brazil. After him are Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Louis IV of France, Emperor Yingzong of Ming, Samuel of Bulgaria, Baldwin I of Jerusalem, and Mohammed Daoud Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1581, False Dmitry I ranks 2. Before him is Vincent de Paul. After him are Domenichino, Giulia Tofana, Peter Claver, Bernardo Strozzi, James Ussher, Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria, Hendrik Brouwer, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Hedwig of Denmark, and Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft. Among people deceased in 1606, False Dmitry I ranks 2. Before him is Guy Fawkes. After him are Justus Lipsius, Karel van Mander, Stephen Bocskai, Alessandro Valignano, Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Guru Arjan, Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Turibius of Mogrovejo, and John Lyly.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, False Dmitry I ranks 115 out of 3,262. Before him are Ivan VI of Russia (1740), Lev Kamenev (1883), Vasili III of Russia (1479), Nikolai Bukharin (1888), Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869), and Alexander Alekhine (1892). After him are Valery Legasov (1936), Tokhtamysh (1342), Ivan V of Russia (1666), Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944), Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850), and Feodor II of Russia (1589).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, False Dmitry I ranks 46. Before him are Sergey Kirov (1886), Ivan VI of Russia (1740), Lev Kamenev (1883), Vasili III of Russia (1479), Nikolai Bukharin (1888), and Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869). After him are Tokhtamysh (1342), Ivan V of Russia (1666), Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944), Feodor II of Russia (1589), Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (1897), and Alexei Rykov (1881).

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