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Fedor Mstislavsky

Russian noble and statesman (died 1622)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 17, 2026
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Prince Fedor or Fyodor Ivanovich Mstislavsky was a Russian boyar and one of the leaders of the Boyar Duma. He was a leader of the Seven Boyars, who governed Russia for a brief period between 1610 and 1612, and the chairman of the Zemsky Sobor of 1613, which elected Michael Romanov as tsar of all Russia.

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The public source identifies “Fedor Mstislavsky” as russian noble and statesman (died 1622). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Fedor, Mstislavsky and Russian.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1610, 1612, 1613—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Fedor, Mstislavsky and Russian providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Fedor Mstislavsky” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.