Samozvanchestvo as phenomenon of political life of Russia beginnings of the XVII century
The relevance and novelty of the work. The article considers one of the most contentious issues in Russian historiography - evaluation of the personality and activity of the first Russian pretender - false Dmitry I. In work the reasons of occurrence of samozvantsa the Russian state in the XVII century, it examines the errors of the government of Boris Godunov, false Dmitry I, which led to power. The article details the path of the pretender to the throne, the main directions of its activity during the reign of, the causes of its overthrow. The purpose of the work. To demonstrate the inconsistency of the reign of falsdmitry I. in the estimates of historians, trying to objectively evaluate his journey from monk to king unfrocked the Russian state. The materials and methods of research. In preparing the articles used the published memoirs of eyewitnesses to the events of the time of Troubles, as well as articles by historians on these problems. The authors used a logical and chronological methods of research problems. The results of the work. The authors analyzed during the reign of false Dmitry I, his way to the Russian throne and its results.