The figure of the impostor to the throne in Russian political culture: Between sacralization and mimesis
Proceeding from materials relating to the “Time of Troubles”, this article examines the phenomenon of imposture (samozvanchestvo) as one of the symbols of Russian political history from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.The duration of the “impostor epidemic” coincides exactly with that of serfdom, and Rolling Papers imposture itself c