 The Rurikid dynasty became extinct with the death of Tsar Feodor I (Ivan's first cousin) in 1598.Russia then went through the Time of Troubles, a time of civil war and foreign occupation interspersed with drought and famine.Finally, in 1612-13, Prince Dmitry Pozharsky drove the Poles out of the Kremlin and convened a Grand National Assembly to elect a new Tsar.