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Seven Boyars

The Seven Boyars (Russian: Семибоярщина, romanized: Semiboyarshchina, lit.'Rule of the Seven Boyars', 'the Deeds of the Seven Boyars' or (potentially slightly disparagingly) 'the Seven-Boyar affair') were a group of Russian nobles who deposed TsarVasili Shuisky on 27 July[O.S. 17 July] 1610 and later that year, after Russia lost the Battle of Klushino during the Polish–Russian War, acquiesced to the Polish–Lithuanian occupation of Moscow.

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