# Vasily Shuisky and the Bolotnikov rebellion (1606)

URL: https://history-russia.com/timeline/1606-vasily-shuisky-and-the-bolotnikov-rebellion
Categories: ruler-change

Boyars led by Vasily Shuisky killed False Dmitry in May 1606, and Shuisky was proclaimed tsar. Ivan Bolotnikov then led a great revolt of peasants, Cossacks and gentry that besieged Moscow before being crushed in 1607. A second False Dmitry set up a rival court at Tushino. Russia descended into full civil war.

## Why it matters
Russia descended into full civil war.

Ruler at the time: [Vasily IV Shuisky](https://history-russia.com/rulers/vasily-iv-shuisky)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Vasili IV of Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_IV_of_Russia)
- [Wikipedia — Ivan Bolotnikov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Bolotnikov)
- [Wikipedia — Time of Troubles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_Troubles)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Vasily Shuisky and the Bolotnikov rebellion](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Vasily+Shuisky+and+the+Bolotnikov+rebellion)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of Russian history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history)