Destruction of Novgorod
England Enters Russia by a Side Door
Friendship with Elizabeth
Acquisition of Siberia
The _Sobor_ or States-General Summoned
Ivan Slays his Son and Heir
His Death


CHAPTER XII.

Boris Godunof
The Way to Power
A _Boyar_ Tsar of Russia
Serfdom Created
The False Dmitri
Mikhail the First Romanoff


CHAPTER XIII.

Time of Preparation
The Cossacks
Attempt of Nikon
Death of Mikhail
Alexis
Sympathizes with Charles II.
Natalia
Death of Alexis
Feodor