Dimitri III

impostor, proclaimed himself king of Dimitri Ivanovich, who escaped from murder (again) in Kaluga. According to some it was a Sidorka, on the other - a fugitive from Moscow because Yauza deacon (or deacon) Matiushka. He announced March 23, 1611, Mr.. in Ivangorod and was adopted here with joy. From all sides, among other things every Pskov, flocked to him Cossacks. He tried to get help the Swedes, but the king forbade Narva commandant communicate with him. Pretender went to take Pskov, but to no avail after standing under it, from 8 July until 23 August when news of the arrival of the Swedes fled to Gdov, where they were besieged and almost broke through again in Ivangorod. Pskov, which devastated the land and the Swedes, and Poles, winter decided to admit, for the salvation of the stranger, slave thief his king. December 4, he went with a detachment of Cossacks in Pskov, why, and got the nickname "Thief of Pskov". Wishing to attract to its side near Moscow militia, the new "King Demetrius sent to the capital of one chieftain. From the camp went to Pskov "recognize" the king of K. Begichev, and in early March 1612, under pressure Zarutsky (XVIII, 319 - 320), who wanted to be king, as opposed to the new Zemstvo militia (Pozharskogo), near Moscow encampments swear Pskov Demetrius. Soon after, referring to the futility of this attempt to save his position, Tabor cooled to Dimitri, and their new ambassador, Yves. Pleshcheyev, revealing the thief, seeking an opportunity to catch him. Pskov, irritated brutality, violence and depravity designed their king, were ready to help Pleshcheyev. Pretender smelled a rat and May 18, fled but was caught and returned to Pskov is already in jail on July 1, sent to Moscow. One by one the news, he was killed on the road during an attack Lisowski, on the other - executed in the camps near Moscow, on the third - was hanged in Moscow is already under Tsar Michael. - See. Kostomarov "Time of Troubles" (t. III); P. Lubomir "Essays on the history of Nizhny Novgorod militia" ( "Journal of the Ministry of National Education, 1913," 10).