His life was fictionalized by Alexander Pushkin and turned into an opera by Modest Mussorgsky, and h
His life was fictionalized by Alexander Pushkin and turned into an opera by Modest Mussorgsky, and his ascension to the throne marked the end of the Rukrid line of tsars. Although initially popular his line did not survive, and his son faced a series of pretenders and was eventually deposed. FTP name this father of the "true" Dmitry, first tsar of the house of Godunov.
His life was fictionalized by Alexander Pushkin and turned into an opera by Modest Mussorgsky, and his ascension to the throne marked the end of the Rukrid line of tsars.
{Boris} Godunov