Note 94 — THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER I. AND V. N. KARAZIN[79]
Constance Garnett translation
Lyapunov was one of the national heroes who fought against the Poles in 1610. The Rurik dynasty became extinct on the death of Fyodor, son of Ivan the Terrible, and Boris Godunov was elected Tsar by the people of Moscow. At his death, after a reign of eight years, a time of anarchy followed, when many pretenders claimed the throne. The Poles took advantage of this ‘Time of Trouble,’ as it is called by Russian historians, to attempt to annex Russia.