End of the Russian Time of Troubles (1613)

Timeline

1. 1612Moscow · MoscowThe Second Militia led by Kuzma Minin and Pozharsky marched from Nizhny Novgorod, defeated Polish forces near Moscow, and fully liberated the capital from Polish–Lithuanian occupation in October 1612, creating the preconditions for restoring national unity.
2. 1613Moscow Kremlin · MoscowIn 1613 the Zemsky Sobor elected Michael of the Romanov family as tsar, with a coronation held on July 21. Hereditary monarchy and the order of the Orthodox Church were reestablished, and the legitimacy of pretender tsars and foreign puppet rulers was thoroughly denied.
3. 1613–1614Central Russia · RussiaThe new regime executed the young son of False Dmitry III, 'Tsar Ivan,' and Marina Mniszech's other followers, and crushed the separatist rule of Cossack leader Zarutsky in Astrakhan, further clearing political threats left over from the Time of Troubles.