Godunov

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Meaning

czar of Russia (1551-1605)

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Mosalsky: Good folk! Maria Godunov and her son Feodor have poisoned themselves. We have seen their dead bodies. [The People are silent with horror. ] Why are ye silent? Cry, Long live the Tsar Dimitry Ivanovich! [The People are speechless. ]. Aleksandr Pushkin

I think it is clear to everyone what happens in the Fifth. The rejoicing is forced, created under threat, as in Boris Godunov. Dmitri Shostakovich

Abraham (1985: p. 66) For many, Boris Godunov is the greatest of all Russian operas because of its originality, drama, and characterization, regardless of any cosmetic imperfections it may possess. Source: Internet

Among major operas, Boris Godunov shares with Giuseppe Verdi 's Don Carlos (1867) the distinction of having an extremely complex creative history, as well as a great wealth of alternative material. Source: Internet

An investigation, ordered by Godunov and carried out by Prince Vasiliy Shuysky, determines that the Tsarevich, while playing with a knife, had an epileptic seizure, fell, and died from a self-inflicted wound to the throat. Source: Internet

Boris Godunov 's (Борис Годунов) reign ended in chaos, civil war combined with foreign intrusion, devastation of many cities and depopulation of the rural regions. Source: Internet

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