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Vasily Nemoy died later that year, and the power of the regency devolved upon his younger brother, Prince '''Ivan Vasilievich Shuysky''', who began his rule by ousting [[Metropolitan Daniel]] from office and contriving the election of [[Joasaphus, Metropolitan of Moscow|Joasaphus Skripitsin]] as the new head of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]. He also released from prison his cousin, Prince '''Andrey Mikhailovich''', who had governed [[Yugra|Yugoria]] and Nizhny Novgorod during Vasily III's reign before having been incarcerated on charges of high treason.
Pending [[Ivan IV]]'s majority, Ivan and Andrey were de facto rulers of Russia. Their arrogant and unruly behavior provoked the anger and frustration of the young sovereign, thus sowing seeds for his future [[Oprichnina|wide-scale crackdown on the Russian nobility]]. In one of his letters to [[Prince Kurbsky]] Ivan painfully recalls that Prince Andrey Shuysky had put his dirty boots on his bed. The matter ended with Andrey being thrown into a cell full of hungry dogs and devoured by them (1543).
In 1540, Metropolitan Joasaphus managed to recall Ivan Belsky from exile, helping him clear the court of the Shuyskys. Two years later, Ivan Shuysky instigated a military revolt and again gained power. He had [[Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow|Macarius]] elected the new metropolitan and regent, but Macarius gradually ousted him from the [[Kremlin]] and persuaded him to resign his powers. Ivan Vasilevich Shuysky died in semi-obscurity in 1546.
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