fled to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after he came to the attention of Boris Godunov, who ordered him seized. Many Polish nobles did not believe his story, but nonetheless supported him.

With the support of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, False Dmitry invaded Russia in 1604 with mixed success, and the war later ended with the sudden death of Tsar Boris Godunov. Disaffected Russian boyars staged a coup against the new tsar, Feodor II.