in 1586, stefan baturia suffered a sudden death and a year after his death, ivan the terrible died. the radzevils, a revered family in the grand duchy of lithuania, with interests in russia, nominate the son of ivan the terrible, tsar fyodor ioanovich, to the polish throne. but he did not want to change orthodoxy; the poles chose a swede. after the death of tsar fedor ancha. in 1598, the zemsky sobor elected boris gadunov as successor to the throne, by modern standards - liberals. and this is where it began active penetration of progressive western ideas into russia. godunov reformed the judicial system and allowed the building of lutheran churches in russia. boris's kingdom was busy. with the beginning of the rapprochement between russia and the west, there was no sovereign in russia before who would favor foreigners as much as getunov. he began to invite foreigners to serve. merchants, doctors, industrialists, military men, and scientists traveled to moscow. they received positions, good salaries, land with peasants. european culture penetrated into russian everyday life. it seeme