GODUNOV, BORIS

bərēsˈ gədoonôfˈ, c.1551–1605, czar of Russia (1598–1605). A favorite of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible), he helped organize Ivan's social and administrative system. After Ivan's death (1584), Boris became virtual ruler of Russia, ostensibly as regent for Ivan's young son Feodor I, who was married to Boris's sister. Boris was popularly believed to have ordered the murder (1591) of Feodor's younger brother and heir, Dmitri, in order to secure the succession for himself. Upon Feodor's death (1598), an assembly of the ruling class chose Boris as czar. Under his rule the Russian church was recognized (1589) as an independent patriarchate, equal to other Eastern churches; peace was obtained with Poland and Sweden, and colonization of the southern steppes and W Siberia was spurred. Most important, Boris continued Ivan's policy of strengthening the power of state officials and townspeople at the expense of the boyars. Yet famine (1602–4) and popular distrust undermined his support, and when a pretender to the throne appeared claiming to be Feodor's brother Dmitri, many rallied to his support and he easily invaded Russia in 1604. Boris died, and his son, Feodor II, was unable to defend the throne against the false Dmitri. Boris's life is the subject of a drama by Pushkin that was the basis for Moussorgsky's famous opera.

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books on: Godunov Boris  - 517 results

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Dimitry's Shade: A Reading of Alexander Pushkin's Boris Godunov
Book by Douglas J. Clayton; Northwestern University Press, 2004
...READING OF ALEXANDER PUSHKIN'S BORIS GODUNOV J. Douglas Clayton NORTHWESTERN...reading of Alexander Pushkin's Boris Godunov / J. Douglas Clayton. p. cm...Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Boris Godunov. I. Title. II. Series. PG3343...
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Boris Chicherin & Early Russian Liberalism, 1828-1866
Book by G. M. Hamburg; Stanford University, 1992
Subjects: Chicherin, B. N--(Boris Nikolaevich)--1828-1904, Historians--Russia--Biography, Intellectuals--Russia--Biography, Liberalism--Russia--History--19th Century, Russia--Politics And Government--1825-1855
...Fables , which he constantly reread and learned by heart. 70 At his parents insistence he memorized Pushkin Boris Godunov . 71 When prompted, he would sit on a chair and declaim passages from Pushkins drama to astonished guests. This...
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Russia's "Market" Economy: A Bad Case of Predatory Capitalism
Book by Stefan Hedlund; UCL Press, 1999
Subjects: Capitalism--Russia (Federation), Russia (Federation)--Economic Conditions--1991-, Russia (Federation)--Economic Policy--1991-, Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich--1931-
...political leadership style of President Boris Yeltsin. Section four contains the theoretical...Gorbachev and was brought to completion under Boris Yeltsin does represent an important break...achieve a profound mental reorientation. When Boris Yeltsin climbed on top of the famous tank...
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The Social History of Imperial Russia, 1700-1917: Patterns of State Building - Vol. 2
Book by Boris N. Mironov, Ben Eklof; Westview Press, 1999
Subjects: Civil Rights--Russia--History, Civil Society--Russia--History, Russia--Politics And Government--1689-1801, Russia--Politics And Government--1801-1917, Russia--Social Conditions--1801-1917, Russia--Social Conditions--To 1801, Social Change--Russia--History, Social Classes--Russia--History, Social Structure--Russia--History
...Imperial Russia, 1700-1917 Volume Two Boris N. Mironov with Ben Eklof Westview...S A Member of the Perseus Books Group Boris Mironov is the sole author of this text...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mironov, Boris Nikolaevich. A social history of Imperial...
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Kiev Rus
Book by Boris Grekov, Y. Sdobnikov, Dennis Ogden; Foreign Languages Pub. House, 1959
Subjects: Kievan Rus--History--862-1237
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journal articles on: Godunov Boris  - 16 results

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Dimitry's Shade: A Reading of Alexander Pushkin's 'Boris Godunov'
Journal article by Joe Andrew; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 102, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Dimitry's Shade: A Reading of Alexander Pushkin's 'Boris Godunov' (Book)--Book reviews
...Reading of Alexander Pushkins Boris Godunov. by Joe Andrew Dimitrys...Reading of Alexander Pushkins Boris Godunov. By J. Douglas Clayton. (Studies...Claytons excellent monograph on Boris Godunov highlights, however, one of the...
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Boris's Bells, by Way of Schubert and Others
Journal article by Mark Devoto; Current Musicology, 2007
Subjects: Boris Godunov (Opera), Chords (Trusses)--Evaluation, Harmony (Music)--Evaluation, Harmony--Evaluation, Schubert, Franz--Works
...the Prologue in Musorgskys opera Boris Godunov (1874) (example 1). The Boris...appreciation texts, the bell chords in Boris Godunov have been repeatedly cited as...Coronation scene from Musorgskys Boris Godunov, all the world knows that two...
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Von der Ethik Zur Asthetik: Puskins Ironische Weiterentwicklung Von Schillers "Raubern"
Journal article by Ulrich Schmid; Germano-Slavica, 2002
Subjects: Deutsches Reiseburo GmbH
...einen Vergleich von Schillers "Demetrius" und Puskins "Boris Godunov" (Dyck, Lysenkova, Alekseev 384 ff., Brody). In der...dramaticeskom fragmente Sillera Demetrius i tragedii Puskina Boris Godunov". Problemy sovremennogo puskinovedenija. Leningrad...
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The Novel as Target Practice: Vladimir Nabokov's the Gift and the "New Malady of the Century"
Journal article by Leonid Livak; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 34, 2002
Subjects: Fiction--20th century, Gide, Andre--Influence, Homosexuality--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Literature--20th century, Nabokov, Vladimir--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Suicide--Portrayals, depictions, etc., The Counterfeiters (Book)--Influence, The Gift (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...producing (in certain poems by Tsypovich and Boris Barski and in the prose of Koridonov) sounds...G 303; D 339). The names of Tsypovich and Boris Barski recall such Paris School poets as Otsup, Boris Zakovich, and Boris Poplavskii, while Koridonov...
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Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond
Journal article by Cherie Woodworth; Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 42, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond (Book)--Book reviews
...Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006. xi, 479 pp. $99.00 US (cloth). Made famous by appearances in Pushkins play Boris Godunov and Mussorgskys opera of the same name, in Surikovs painting of Boyarina Morozova being taken away to Siberia, and...
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magazine articles on: Godunov Boris  - 27 results

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Comeback Kids: The Bolshoi Ballet Has Risen Again, Leaving Behind Dark Days of Corruption and Intrigue
Magazine article by Robert Turnbull; New Statesman, Vol. 136, July 30, 2007
Subjects: Ballet companies--Performances, Bolshoi Ballet Company--Performances, Political corruption--Influence
...Bolshoi Theatres new production of Boris Godunov, I witnessed one of those mysterious...out not to be coincidental. Just as Boris Yeltsins body was lain in state at...To the Bolshoi, however, "Tsar" Boris was the hero who saved the company...
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New York Chronicle
Magazine article by Jay Nordlinger; New Criterion, Vol. 22, March 2004
...but still creditable--was the Boris Godunov that the Metropolitan presented...as usual. He understands that Boris Godunov--that quintessential Russian grand...his nationality, ought to essay Boris Godunov, and Morris has done so triumphantly...
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20 Questions
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 23, October 2006
Subjects: Donnellan, Declan, Theatrical directors, Theatrical producers and directors
...International Theatre Festival. Weve done Boris Godunov, Twelfth Night and The Three Sisters...second to film. There is a guy in Boris Godunov who came to us as a student at...film star in Russia. When we did Godunov in Brussels, he put a four-day...
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Ego, Faith and Yuri Lubimov
Magazine article by David Plante; American Theatre, Vol. 9, February 1993
Subjects: Lubimov, Yuri--Appreciation, Russian drama--Production and direction, Theatrical producers and directors--Appreciation
...production of Pushkins verse drama Boris Godunov had been banned in Moscow as subversive...enthusiastically that Lubimovs Boris Godunov was going to be revived at the...reconstructed his production of Boris Godunov, then, in 1989, put on Mozhayevs...
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Mexican Musicians in California and the United States, 1910-50
Magazine article by John Koegel; California History, Vol. 84, Fall 2006
Subjects: Mexican musicians--Criticism and interpretation, Mexican musicians--Forecasts and trends, Mexican musicians--Works, Musicians, Mexican--Criticism and interpretation, Musicians, Mexican--Forecasts and trends, Musicians, Mexican--Works
...Prince Shuysky in Modest Musorgskys Boris Godunov, and Faust in Charles Gounods...Musorgskys operatic masterpiece Boris Godunov alongside the great Russian bass...Siviglia (Rossini): Almaviva; Boris Godunov (Musorgsky): Prince Shuysky; Carmen...
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newspaper articles on: Godunov Boris  - 38 results

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Kirov's 'Boris' Delves Deeply into Brooding Soul
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 24, 2005
Subjects: Boris Fedorovich Godunov, Czar of Russia
...TIMES The Kirov Operas weekend production of Modest Mussorgskys "Boris Godunov" at the Kennedy Centers Opera House proved a surpassingly surreal...it yet unfolds. The Kirov Opera carried off a stark production of "Boris Godunov." NO CREDIT
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Stalin's Ghost Spoiled My Night Out
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 6, 2006
Subjects: Boris Godunov (Opera)--Opera reviews, Operas--Opera reviews
...MELLOR Bolshoi Opera Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov ..... Prokofiev After so many...creaky old 1948 production of Boris Godunov. The strength of both companies...my abiding impression of this Boris Godunov. Depicting a tyrant deposed by...
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Elektra Will Always Be a Live Wire; LEADING LIGHTS: Susan Bullock and Frank Van Aken in Elektra
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 16, 2008
Subjects: Atreus, Boris Godunov (Opera)
...Royal Opera House, London **** Boris Godunov Mussorgsky English National Opera...seven-scene incomplete version of Boris Godunov before Mussorgsky attempted to...to expect from Ed Gardner, this Boris is lamed by a poor Tsar. If Boris...
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Stravinsky Morals and All That Jazz
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 27, 2006
Subjects: Boris Godunov (Opera)--Ethical aspects
...London Sinfonietta provide the virtuoso instrumentalists. BORIS GODUNOV Tonight, tomorrow, 6.30pm; Saturday, noon and 6.30pm...grandeur than the Bolshois epic production of Mussorgskys Boris Godunov. Big Russian voices in a traditional setting. THE NOSE...
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Brooding, Nearly Brilliant 'Boris'
Newspaper article by T.L. Ponick; The Washington Times, February 21, 1999
Subjects: Washington Opera
...Washington Operas production of "Boris Godunov," playing at the Kennedy Centers...without the Divine Presence. "Boris Godunov," with a libretto by the composer...Operas production of Mussorgskys "Boris Godunov" WHERE: Kennedy Center Opera...
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encyclopedia articles on: Godunov Boris  - 19 results

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Godunov, Boris
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GODUNOV, BORIS b res g doonof , c.1551 1605, czar of...administrative system. After Ivans death (1584), Boris became virtual ruler of Russia, ostensibly...Feodor I, who was married to Boriss sister. Boris was popularly believed to have ordered the...
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Boris Godunov
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BORIS GODUNOV see Godunov, Boris . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Russian and Soviet Rulers Since 1462
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Terrible), 1533 84 Feodor I, 1584 98 House of Godunov Boris Godunov, 1598 1605 Feodor II, 1605 Usurpers Dmitri...secretary, 1985 91 Russian Federation (presidents) Boris Yeltsin, 1991 99 Vladimir Putin, 1999 2008 (acting...
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Feodor II
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FEODOR II 1589 1605, czar of Russia (1605). He succeeded his father, Boris Godunov , but was assassinated when the first false Dmitri was proclaimed czar. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Dmitri
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...His brother, Feodor I , succeeded Ivan in 1584, but Boris Godunov actually ruled Russia for the period of Feodors reign...Sigismund III of Poland. He invaded Russia in 1604. Boris died suddenly in 1605 and the false Dmitri was crowned...
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