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In Russia, the tsar's mission was considered sacred. He was anointed to tsardom, taking the oath to protect his land and people. The tsardom as a political institution was created in Moscow, by its Grand Princes. They belonged to the Moscow branch of the Rurikid dynasty, which ended with the death of Fyodor Ioannovich.
The dynastic crisis set in and the Time of Troubles started after Fyodorโs death in 1598. Several tsars ruled Russia for short periods โ Boris Godunov, False Dmitry I, and Vasiliy Shuysky. However, only Shuysky was a Rurikid and, after his death, Russia had no Rurikid princes who could take the throne. Only the mighty boyar families that served the Rurikid princes were left, and the new dynasty was most likely to appear among them. Whatever it may be, it had to claim at least some relations to the previous one.
