Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

It's not always reasonable, but sometimes you just need someone else to blame for your

misfortune.

Those in power almost never claim responsibility for what happens to them, and instead lay

that responsibility at the feet of others.

That was the route taken by Boris Godanov.

Boris was a regent, someone appointed to govern in the event the next monarch in line

was a minor or unable to reign.

He had been appointed to watch over Dmitri Vasilievic, the son of Ivan Vasilievic, also

known to us as Ivan the Terrible.

Dmitri would have been destined to take over for his father, but he was an infant, and he

had an older brother, Faeodor.

Boris had been a member of Ivan's council in the years leading up to his death and had

been tasked with helping guide Faeodor in leading Russia after his father was gone, but

the young man was unfit to rule both mentally and physically.

He was weak, and Dmitri was too young.

That left Boris to rule as acting Tsar until Dmitri came of age.

But Boris noticed something unsettling about the young Dmitri.

He was smart.

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