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The Romanovs: Russia’s Imperial Family and the Collapse of a Dynasty
The Romanov dynasty emerged from a period known as the Time of Troubles, a devastating era characterized by political chaos, famine, and foreign invasions following the collapse of the Rurik dynasty. In 1613, to restore stability, the Russian nobility convened the Zemsky Sobor—a national assembly—to elect a new ruler. They chose sixteen-year-old Mikhail Romanov, a ...