See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

MICHAEL (1596-1645)  , See also:

• TSAR, or CZAR

tsar of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, was the first tsar of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• ROMANOV

Romanov, being the son of See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore Nekitich Romanov, afterwards the See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

Patriarch See also:

• PHILARET [THEODORE NIKITICH ROIIANOV] (? 1553–1633)

Philaret (q.v.), and See also:

• XENIA

Xenia Chestovaya, afterwards the See also:

• NUN (O. Eng. nunne, from Lat. nonnus, nonna, familiar terms for an old man or woman)

nun Martha . He was elected unanimously tsar of Russia by a See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly on the 21st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1613, but not till the 24th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March did the delegates of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council discover the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young tsar and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother at the Ipatievsky monastery near See also:

• KOSTROMA

Kostroma . At first Martha See also:

• PRO

pro-tested that her son was too young and See also:

• TENDER

tender for so difficult an See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in such troublesome times . At the last moment, however, See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael consented to accept the See also:

• THRONE

throne, but not till the weeping boyars had solemnly declared that if he persisted in his refusal they would hold him responsible to See also:

• GOD

God for the utter destruction of Muscovy . In so dilapidated a See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition was the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital at this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time that Michael had to wait for several See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks at the Troitsa monastery, 75 M . Off, before decent See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation could be provided for him at See also:

• MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)
• MOSCOW, (Russian Moskva)

Moscow . He was crowned on the 22nd of See also:

• JULY

July . The first care of the new tsar was to clear the See also:

• LAND

land of the robbers that infested it . See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden and See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland were then got' rid of respectively by the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of Stolbova (March 1o, 1617) and the truce of Deulina (Feb . 13, 1619) . The most important result of the truce of Deulina was the return from See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile of the tsar's See also:

• FATHER

father, who henceforth took over the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government till his See also:

• DEATH

death in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1633, Michael occupying quite a subordinate position . He was a See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle and pious See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince who gave little trouble to any one and effaced himself behind his counsellors .

Fortunately for him they were relatively honest and capable men . Michael's failure to wed his daughter See also:

• IRENE

Irene with Prince Waldemar of See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, in consequence of the refusal of the latter to accept orthodoxy, so deeply afflicted him as to contribute to bring about his death on the 12th of July 16 See R . Nisbet See also:

• BAIN, ALEXANDER (1818-1903)
• BAIN, ANDREW GEDDES (1797-1864)

Bain, The First Romanovs (Lond., 1905) . (R . N .