In 1589 tsarist authorities, headed by Boris Godunov, succeeded in naming their own patriarch as head of the Russian Orthodox Church for the first time in Russian history.

• 巴里斯高杜诺夫在西元1589年将沙皇的权威推至最高点，他任命俄罗斯东正教主教，这还是俄罗斯历史的头一遭。