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Born on October 19, 1582, he was the son of Tsar John the terrible. During the reign of Theodore Ioannovich, when his brother — in-law, the power-loving boyar Boris Godunov, was actually the ruler of the Russian state, Tsarevich Dimitri, along with his mother, tsarina Maria Feodorovna, was removed from the Court in Uglich. In order to get rid of the rightful heir to the Russian throne, Boris Godunov began to act against the Tsarevich as against a personal enemy. At first, he tried to slander the young heir to the throne by spreading false rumors about his alleged illegitimacy. Then he spread a new fiction that Demetrius had inherited the severity of his father`s Sovereign. Since these actions did not bring the desired result, the insidious Boris decided to destroy the Tsarevich. An attempt to poison the Demetrios has not crowned by success: the deadly potion did not harm the child. Then the villains decided on a clear crime.On Saturday, may 15, 1591, when the boy was walking with the nurse in the courtyard, sent assassins, Osip Maghov, Danilo Bityagovsky and