In Moscow, in the Miracle Monastery, lived the old monk Zamyatiya Otrepiev. After the death of his two sons, who were very young, he went to the monastery. One of them, the archery centurion Bogdan, left his wife and son Yuri. Yushka, as he was called, was very smart, but stubborn and disobedient. Mother herself taught him to read and write and wondered how quickly he grabbed everything. But often her evil tricks and the audacity of her son gave up. At thirteen, Yuri was assigned to serve in the house of the Romanov boyars.