Russia without the Romanovs: WI a different Tsar and dynasty chosen in 1613?

Totally irrelevant to the discussion, but if either of the following guys were picked, students of Russian history would curse

"Romanov" is at least easy to pronounce! :)

That raises an interesting question, actually: what would the new dynasty be called? Bekbulatovich and Mamstriukovich were patronymics - maybe the dynastic surname is derived from the patronymic, maybe not.

Then again, if the name is not some form of "Bekbulatovich" it might be "Tukaytimurovich"; and if it's not some form of "Mamstriukovich" it could be "Cherkasskiy"...
...and those aren't exactly God's gift to students, either. :p
 
That raises an interesting question, actually: what would the new dynasty be called? Bekbulatovich and Mamstriukovich were patronymics - maybe the dynastic surname is derived from the patronymic, maybe not.

Then again, if the name is not some form of "Bekbulatovich" it might be "Tukaytimurovich"; and if it's not some form of "Mamstriukovich" it could be "Cherkasskiy"...
...and those aren't exactly God's gift to students, either. :p

If the name of the new dynasty had been somewhat difficult to pronounce, the Non-Slavic peoples would have made that name shorter and more simple.
See what they did with the Ryúrikovichi dynasty - they called it the Rurikids - totally non-Russian, non-Ukranian, non-Belorussian sounding, but simple.
 
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