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Irina Godunova

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Irina Godunova was the wife of Tsar Fedor Ivanovich (r. 1584-1589) and the sister of Tsar Boris Godunov (r. 1589-1605).

Upon the death of her husband, she retired to the Novodevichii Monastery (Convent) on the south side of Moscow. It was here that Boris Godunov was asked to become tsar.