Russian Renewal: The Rise of the Romanovs, 1613
During the Troubles, Russian nobles competed against one for power, adding to the country's problems. Boris Godunov became tsar on the death of childless Fyodor I. Boris's own son Fyodor briefly became tsar in 1605 before the first false Dmitriy became tsar later that year. With the death of Dmitriy in 1606, Vasiliy Shuskiy became Tsar Vasiliy IV but commanded little obedience from other nobles and was deposed in 1610. Polish prince W?adys?aw briefly became Tsar Vladislav but did not rule over Russia at all before war with Poland-Lithuania was resumed and W?adys?aw was forgotten.
Finally, an assembly unanimously chose 16-year-old Mikhail Romanov as tsar in 1613. Mikhail was not a commanding figure at the time or later, but this actually made him acceptable among the powerful nobles. True power was wielded by Mikhail's father Fyodor Romanov, who had too many enemies to become tsar himself. Under the early Romanovs, Russia stabilized, healed, and returned to power.