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Tsar Alexis's Late Reign

Type Event Region Eastern Europe Time 1660–1676

The 1660s were the late phase of Tsar Alexis Mikhailovich's reign, during which Russia ended its long war with Poland via the Treaty of Andrusovo and…

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  1. 1660–1663Moscow Kremlin · RussiaThe Russo-Polish War entered a war of attrition; the tsarist government relied on conscription, taxation, and state-owned workshops to fund the military, while also promoting the codification of judicial and administrative regulations to strengthen central control.
  2. 1666–1667Moscow · RussiaThe tsar brought about the Treaty of Andrusovo in 1667, ending the Russo-Polish War; the same year the Moscow Council dealt with the church schism, and the relationship between tsarist authority and ecclesiastical power faced a new test.
  3. 1668–1676Russia (Moscow and the Volga region) · RussiaPopular uprisings and Cossack unrest in the Volga region grew; the Razin uprising broke out in 1670; in his later years the tsar arranged for Feodor III to succeed him, and the Romanov dynasty's transfer of power entered a new phase.

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