Ivan Susanin
Russian martyr (died 1613) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the historical figure. For the opera by Mikhail Glinka, see A Life for the Tsar.
Ivan Susanin (Russian: Иван Сусанин, IPA: [ɪˈvan sʊˈsanʲɪn]; died 1613) was a Russian national hero and martyr of the early-17th-century Time of Troubles. According to the popular legend, Polish troops seeking to kill Tsar Mikhail hired Susanin as a guide. Susanin persuaded them to take a secret path through the Russian forests, and neither they nor Susanin were ever heard from again.
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