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The 10 pages that link to Zemsky Sobor, each with the reason it gives.

• Ivan the TerribleRelated: Ivan used such assemblies to consult elites while strengthening central authority.

• Tsardom of RussiaRelated: Its meetings offered consultation, especially during succession and political crises.

• Boris GodunovRelated: An assembly elected Godunov tsar after Feodor I died without an heir.

• Michael of RussiaRelated: The assembly elected Michael to the throne in 1613.

• Alexis of RussiaRelated: Alexis’s government relied on these assemblies during the early years of his reign.

• Feodor I of RussiaRelated: A Zemsky Sobor elected Godunov after Feodor left no direct heir.

• History of RussiaRelated: Its intermittent participation contrasts with the growth of centralized autocratic rule.

• House of RomanovRelated: Its 1613 assembly chose Michael Romanov as tsar.

• Patriarch Filaret of MoscowRelated: The assembly elected Michael in 1613, before Filaret returned and joined his son’s government.