[god-n-awf, goo
d-; Russ. guh-doo-nawf] 
| Bo⋅ris Fe⋅do⋅ro⋅vich [bawr-is fi-dawr-uh-vich, bohr-, bor-; Russ. buh-ryees fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] , 1552–1605, regent of Russia 1584–98 and czar 1598–1605. |
| Go·du·nov (gŏŏd'n-ôf', gŏd'-, gə-dōō-nôf') Czar of Russia (1598-1605) who became regent for Fyodor I (1557-1598) on the death of Ivan IV (1584) and was chosen czar on Fyodor's death. His reign was marked by the colonization of Siberia and the reclamation of land in Sweden. |