Rurikid

(noun)

A descendent of the Rurik Dynasty, which dominated seats of power throughout Russian lands for over six centuries before the Romanov Dynasty began.

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Examples of Rurikid in the following topics:

  • The Romanovs

    • It was the second royal dynasty in Russia after the Rurikid princes of the Middle Ages.
    • The House of Romanov was the second major royal dynasty in Russia, and arose after the Rurikid Dynasty.
    • Sources say he was a boyar under the leadership of the Rurikid prince Semyon I of Moscow in 1347.
    • He unified the boyars and satisfied the Moscow royalty as the son of Feodor Nikitich Romanov (now Patriarch Philaret) and the nephew of the Rurikid Tsar Feodor I.

  • The Time of Troubles

    • At the death of Feodor Ivanovich, the last Rurikid Tsar, in 1598, his brother-in-law and trusted advisor, Boris Godunov, was elected his successor by the Zemsky Sobor (Great National Assembly).
    • Within a year Vasily Shuisky (a Rurikid prince) staged an uprising against False Dmitri, murdered him, and seized control of power in Moscow for himself.
    • The powerful Novgordian merchant Kuzma Minin along with the Rurikid Prince Dmitry Pozharsky rallied enough forces to push back the Polish forces in Russia.
    • He was the last member of the Rurikid Dynasty to rule in Moscow between 1606 and 1610.

  • The Formation of Russia

    • He limited the power of the boyars and the once-powerful Rurikid dynasties in newly conquered provinces.