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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, known as the “great nun” Martha. This ruler elevated the leaders of the Second Volunteer Army to nobility, including Kuzma Minin. While hiding in the Hypatian Monastery, this ruler (15[1])was targeted (-5[1])by (-5[1])a group that (*) Ivan Susanin led into a forest out of which they never emerged. This ruler [emphasize] gave up the territory of Ingria in the Treaty of (-5[1])Stolbovo and later signed the Truce of 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 (-5[1])this tsar who ended the Time of Troubles, the first leader of a (10[1])dynasty that 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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Micah ColmanTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country6115
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut63-5
Jason RohfritschRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere64-5
Mattias EhatammYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up92-5
Stefan Vladas rational as the square root of two power bottomsModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha134-5
Aaron Dos RemediosModerator Can't Neg me While in Alphaas rational as the square root of two power bottoms14710
Gareth ThorlaksonSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange15310
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks upYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit1530
Jason ZhangShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers1530

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