Today’s Assholes: False Dmitry I, False Dmitry II and False Dmitry III
Will the real Dmitry please stand up?
Tsar Ivan IV The Terrible had a son named Dmitry Ivanovich. Dmitry died mysteriously in 1591.
After Ivan The Terrible came Fyodor I (1584-98) then came Boris Godunov.
With me so far?
During Boris’ reign, a young man arrived in the early 1600s claiming to be Dmitry and that really he didnt die but was actually away in a monastery avoiding a plot set out to have him murdered. The False Dmitry gathered supporters of Cossacks and invaded Russia in the fall of 1604. He lost but when Boris died well...they needed someone to take over. So The False Dmitry took over in June 1605.
In May 1606, Vasily Shuysky - a boyar (high Russian noble), led a coup d’etat and killed the First Dmitry. The False Dmitry tried escaping by jumping out the window of the palace. He broke his legs. They kill Dmitry, cremate him and his ashes are blown away by cannon.
And that’s the end of that.
In August 1607, another guy came up pretending to be Dmitry (although he looked nothing like the first guy) and managed to gain control of southern Russia. Fighting would occur for the throne until December 1610 when one of False Dmitry II’s followers killed him.
Finally.
Then in March 1611, a third False Dmitry came out of the wood work! He came with his own troops of Cossacks to attack Moscow. But he was betrayed in May 1612 and killed.
Neither one was Dmitry.
All they wanted was power and were willing to go to any lengths to get it.
Congratulations, assholes!
CERTIFIED ASSHOLES.
Will the real Dmitry please stand up?
Tsar Ivan IV The Terrible had a son named Dmitry Ivanovich. Dmitry died mysteriously in 1591.
After Ivan The Terrible came Fyodor I (1584-98) then came Boris Godunov.
With me so far?
During Boris’ reign, a young man arrived in the early 1600s claiming to be Dmitry and that really he didnt die but was actually away in a monastery avoiding a plot set out to have him murdered. The False Dmitry gathered supporters of Cossacks and invaded Russia in the fall of 1604. He lost but when Boris died well...they needed someone to take over. So The False Dmitry took over in June 1605.
In May 1606, Vasily Shuysky - a boyar (high Russian noble), led a coup d’etat and killed the First Dmitry. The False Dmitry tried escaping by jumping out the window of the palace. He broke his legs. They kill Dmitry, cremate him and his ashes are blown away by cannon.
And that’s the end of that.
In August 1607, another guy came up pretending to be Dmitry (although he looked nothing like the first guy) and managed to gain control of southern Russia. Fighting would occur for the throne until December 1610 when one of False Dmitry II’s followers killed him.
Finally.
Then in March 1611, a third False Dmitry came out of the wood work! He came with his own troops of Cossacks to attack Moscow. But he was betrayed in May 1612 and killed.
Neither one was Dmitry.
All they wanted was power and were willing to go to any lengths to get it.
Congratulations, assholes!
CERTIFIED ASSHOLES.