Motherland on Fire

In 1613, after a devastating civil war and Polish invasions, a National Assembly was appointed the task of electing the next monarch of Russia. There was a number of candidates, including the popular leader Dmitriy Pozharskiy. In the OTL universe, Michael I of the Romanovs was elected, founding the Romanov dynasty, under the strong influence of his father, the Patriarch Filaret. This alternate history explores what might have happened if Pozharskiy had been elected instead.

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