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MEDIEVAL RUSSIA: MOSCOW: Vladislav Zhigimontovich, 1610-1612, AR kopeck (0.56g), VF

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MEDIEVAL RUSSIA: MOSCOW: Vladislav Zhigimontovich, 1610-1612, AR kopeck (0.56g), VF
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MEDIEVAL RUSSIA: MOSCOW: Vladislav Zhigimontovich, 1610-1612, AR kopeck (0.56g), K&G-243, horseman with letters below // legend in five lines, VF, ex Jim Farr Collection. Dmitry I, historically known the "False Dmitry", was the Tsar of Russia from 10 June 1605 until his death on 17 May 1606 under the name of Dmitry Ivanovich. According to historian Chester S.L. Dunning, Dmitry was "the only Tsar ever raised to the throne by means of a military campaign and popular uprisings". He was the first, and most successful, of three "pretenders" who claimed during the Time of Troubles to be the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich, who had supposedly escaped a 1591 assassination attempt. It is generally believed that the real Dmitry died in Uglich.