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Russian Fyodor Borisovich Godunov
born 1589
died June 10, 1605, Moscow, Russia
Tsar of Russia for three months in 1605, during the Time of Troubles .
The son and successor of Boris Godunov , Fyodor was immediately challenged by the first False Dmitry . After his military commander shifted his support to the pretender, Fyodor's mother tried to take power. Her action angered the boyars , who provoked a Moscow mob to riot and murder Fyodor and his mother. The pretender then assumed the throne.