(1550–1605), tsar of Russia 1598–1605. A counsellor of Ivan the Terrible, he succeeded Ivan's son as tsar. His reign was marked by famine, doubts over his involvement in the earlier death of Ivan's eldest son, and the appearance of a pretender, the so-called False Dmitri.
Definition of Godunov, Boris in US English:
Godunov, Boris
proper nounˈɡädnˌôf
(1550–1605), tsar of Russia 1598–1605. His reign was marked by famine, doubts over his involvement in the earlier death of Ivan the Terrible's eldest son, and the appearance of pretender False Dmitri.