False Dmitry II

The second false Dimitri ( False Dmitry II, named after his temporary residence also rogue of Tushino; * unknown,. . † 11 Dezemberjul / 21 December 1610greg in Kaluga ), in the years of Smuta a pretender was the Russian Tsar throne, pretending the rescued False Dmitry I. to be. This in turn was ( also ) an impostor, who as Dmitri, son of Tsar Ivan IV, passed himself off and was killed by a briefly successful usurpation.

False Dmitry II had succeeded disaffected peasants and Cossacks gather around to whom was soon joined by Vasily Schuiski feuding high nobility. He was supported by the intervening Polish troops so that its military forces rapidly gained importance. Against his better judgment recognized him also Marina Mniszech that had imprisoned I. After the death Pseudodimitris, as their rightful husband to.

He came quickly on to Moscow and held lavish in the Moscow suburb of Tushino yard. There was also dominated by the Polish military headquarters and the headquarters of the opposition government, were among their partisans among others Jerszy Mniszech, Patriarch Filaret and the princes Trubezkoy. In summer and autumn 1608, the second usurper soon controlled a vast territory. Since Tsar Vasily Schuiski no longer knew what else to do than to bring the Swedes to help, it came to the open intervention of Poland 1609. Most followers of the Court of Tushino changed now quickly to the side of King Sigismund III. Wasa. The usurper fled before the troops Vasily Shuiskys to Kaluga, where he was soon killed it.