Boris Fedorovich Godunov, Tsar of Muscovy

Boris Fedorovich Godunov (1551-1605) Tsar of Muscovy, the most famous member of an ancient, now extinct, Russian family of Tatar origin, which migrated from the Horde to Muscovy in the 14th century. During the first years of his reign, he was both popular and prosperous, and ruled well. He recognized the need for Russia to catch up with the intellectual progress of the West and did his best to bring about educational and social reforms. He was the first tsar to import foreign teachers on a large scale, the first to send young Russians abroad to be educated, and the first to allow Lutheran churches to be built in Russia. Boris was one of the greatest of the Russian tsars

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