The young king decided to press his brother's claim to the Russian throne even after the Poles had been expelled from Moscow by a patriotic uprising of 1612 and Mikhail Romanov had been elected a new tsar.
Mladi kralj je odlučio pritisnuti bratovo pravo na rusko prijestolje čak i nakon što su Poljaci su bili protjerani iz Moskve nakon domoljubnog ustanka 1612. godine te je Mihail Romanov bio izabran za novog cara.