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Alexis I of Russia

Type Figure Region Russia Time 1629–1676 Also known as 阿列克谢·米哈伊洛维奇、Alexis I、Aleksey Mikhailovich

Second Romanov tsar, r. 1645–1676; he pushed Nikon's church reform, centralized power, fought Poland and Sweden, and the 1667 Treaty of Andrusovo gai…

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  1. 1645–1660Moscow · Grand Duchy of MoscowBorn in 1629, he ascended as a child after his father Mikhail died in 1645, with boyar regents; in the 1550s he launched the Thirteen Years' War over Ukraine while supporting Patriarch Nikon's church ritual reforms.
  2. 1661–1670Moscow · RussiaIn the 1660s the Polish-Russian War drew to a close, and the 1667 Treaty of Andrusovo secured Left-Bank Ukraine and Smolensk; in 1666 the Schismatics' (Old Believers') uprising was suppressed and Nikon was deposed, the church schism deeply affecting Russian society.
  3. 1671–1676Moscow · RussiaIn his later years he faced pressure from the Ottomans and Cossacks in the south, financial difficulties, and the succession question; he died of illness on 29 January 1676, succeeded by his son Feodor III, and the empire entered a brief period of turmoil.

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