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Letters between this ruler and the Dutch envoy Isaac Massa suggest that Massa wished to defect to this ruler’s country. Following a brideshow, this ruler’s first wife was likely poisoned by his mother, (-5[1])known as the “great nun” Martha. This ruler elevated the leaders of the Second Volunteer Army to nobility, including Kuzma (15[1])Minin. While hiding in the Hypatian Monastery, this ruler was targeted by a group that (*) Ivan Susanin (10[1])led into a forest out of which they never emerged. This ruler [emphasize] gave up the territory of Ingria in the Treaty of Stolbovo and later signed the Truce of (-5[1])Deulino, allowing for the return of his father Filaret. A Life for the Tsar dramatizes this ruler’s election in the 1613 Zemsky Sobor, and he was succeeded by his son Alexis. For 10 points, name this tsar who ended the Time of Troubles, the first leader of a dynasty that (10[2])ruled Russia until 1917. (10[1]0[2])■END■

ANSWER: Mikhail Romanov [or Michael Romanov; or Michael I or Mikhail I]
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