This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we're covering the escalation of the war between the second pretender claiming to be Dmitry, son of Ivan Grozny, and Czar Vasily Shuisky. Sweden, and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, will pick a side each and join the conflict.

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