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Godunov
[ god-n-awf, good-; Russian guh-doo-nawf ]
noun
- Bo·ris Fe·do·ro·vich [bawr, -is fi-, dawr, -, uh, -vich, bohr, -, bor, -, buh-, ryees, , fyaw, -d, uh, -, r, uh, -vyich], 1552–1605, regent of Russia 1584–98 and czar 1598–1605.
Godunov
/ ɡəduˈnɔf; ˈɡɒdəˌnɒf; ˈɡʊd- /
noun
- GodunovBoris Fyodorovich?15511605MRussianPOLITICS: hereditary rulerPOLITICS: statesman Boris Fyodorovich (baˈris ˈfjɔdərəvitʃ). ?1551–1605, Russian regent (1584–98) and tsar (1598–1605)
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That was the riddle that plagued Boris Godunov what time—in the winter of 1604—he sent his armies to meet the invader.
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Godunov encouraged English merchants to trade with Russia by exempting them from tolls.
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Theodore left everything to the council,—duma, consisting of boyards whom Godunov held in the hollow of his hand.
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Thus it was that they passed Boris Godunov by, and were disappointed in the later cantos of Onegin.
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