Godunov Boris Fyodorovich

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G0175500 (go͝od′n-ôf′, gŏd′-, gə-do͞o-nôf′), Boris Fyodorovich 1551?-1605. Czar of Russia (1598-1605) who became regent for Fyodor I (1557-1598) on the death of Ivan IV (1584) and was chosen czar on Fyodor's death. His reign was marked by the colonization of Siberia and the reclamation of land in Sweden.