Dmitriy's rule itself has been nondescript and…
May 1606 CE
Dmitriy's rule itself has been nondescript and devoid of significant blunders, but his position is weak.
Many boyars feel they can gain more influence, even the throne, for themselves, and many are still wary of Polish cultural influence, especially in view of Dmitriy’s court being increasingly dominated by the aliens he has brought with himself from Poland.
The Golden Freedoms, declaring all nobility equal, that are supported by lesser nobility, threaten the most powerful of the boyars.
Thus the boyars, headed by Prince Vasily Shuisky, have begun to plot against Dmitryi and his pro-Polish faction, accusing him of homosexuality, spreading Roman Catholicism and Polish customs, and selling Russia to Jesuits and the Pope.
They gain popular support, especially as Dmitriy is guarded by Commonwealth forces, who still garrison Moscow, angering the local population.
On the morning of May 17, 1606, conspirators storm the Kremlin.
Dmitriy tries to flee through a window but breaks his leg in the fall.
One of the plotters shoots him dead on the spot.
The body is put on display and then cremated, the ashes reportedly shot from a cannon towards Poland.
Dmitriy's reign has lasted a mere ten months.
Vasili Shuisky takes his place as Tsar Vasili IV.
About five hundred of Dmitriy's Commonwealth supporters are killed, imprisoned or forced to leave Russia.