When Kievan-Rus' had disintegrated into a patchwork of principalities,
当基辅罗斯分裂成为许多分散的公国时
it only let the Mongols come in and take over.
只会让蒙古人趁虚而入
Russia needed another strong tsar.
俄罗斯需要另外一个强大的沙皇
The new tsar would need to be conservative in social and religious matters.
新沙皇必须在社会和宗教问题上比较保守
Not so dominating that he would overwhelm the Boyars,
不那么独裁才不至于压制波雅尔
but yet still strong enough to lead Russia in the right direction.
但是又要足够强大,以带领俄罗斯帝国步入正确的方向
The Zemsky Sobor, assembly of the people,
缙绅会议,相当于人民代表会议
deliberated long and hard before choosing a candidate acceptable to everyone.
是经过了一番深思熟虑才推选出一名合适的代表的
This was Mikhail Romanov,
那就是米哈伊尔·罗曼诺夫
16 year old grandnephew of Ivan the Terrible's first wife, Anastasia, and son of the current Orthodox Patriarch, Filaret.
伊凡雷帝的第一个妻子,阿纳斯塔西亚的16岁侄孙,同时也是时任天主教大牧首菲拉列特的儿子
On February 21st, 1613, young Mikhail was elected tsar.
1613年2月21日,年轻的米哈伊尔成为了沙皇
But first, he had to be found!
但是首先,必须要找到他!
This took about a month because Mikhail's mother argued that the last few tsars had come to sad ends, and she was right!
这花了差不多一个月,因为米哈伊尔的母亲说最后的几个沙皇结局都很悲惨,她说得一点也不错
Finally, Mikhail accepted the Zemsky Sobor's argument
最终米哈伊尔不情愿地接受了缙绅会议的决定
that he, Mikhail, was the only one to save Holy Russia in these troubled times.
他是唯一一个能够把神圣的俄罗斯从这些困境中解救出来的人
On June 22nd, 1613, Mikhail Romanov was crowned in Moscow as Tsar of all the Russians.
1613年6月22日,米哈伊尔在莫斯科加冕,成为俄罗斯帝国的沙皇