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Events on Saturday 23 April 1605 1
1551 – 1605Boris Godunov (1551-1605)Died 23 April 1605, aged 53Boris Godunov rose from the Russian nobility to rule as Tsar from 1598, continuing centralizing reforms begun under Ivan the Terrible. His sudden death amid famine and the approach of the pretender False Dmitriy I plunged Russia into the Time of Troubles.