More than a dozen pretenders appeared in Russia in the early
seventeenth century, during the period of civil strife and foreign
invasion known as the Time of Troubles. The most successful of
these was the First False Dimitry, who occupied the throne in
1605-6; he was followed by Second and Third False Dimitrys, and by
various other impostors. Maureen Perrie traces the careers of these
pretenders and offers explanations of their success. She argues
that support for the false tsars and tsareviches was influenced not
only by the ingenious tales they told to justify their claims, but
also by religious-miraculous notions of Christ-like rulers risen
from the dead, and by 'popular monarchist' views of the true tsar
as the scourge of the boyars. Her conclusion draws comparisons and
contrasts between the Russian pretenders and royal impostors who
appeared elsewhere in early modern Europe.
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