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Alexis I of Russia

Type Figure Region Russia Time 1629–1676 Also known as Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich

Alexis I (1629–1676), the second Romanov tsar, reigned from 1645 until his death;…

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  1. 1629–1645Moscow · RussiaBorn in Moscow in 1629, son of Tsar Michael. He acceded at seventeen after his father's death in 1645, initially assisted by a regency council of boyars, gradually establishing personal authority.
  2. 1645–1660Moscow Kremlin · RussiaDuring his reign he promulgated the Ulozheniye code (1649) strengthening serfdom and supported Patriarch Nikon's liturgical reforms. In 1654 he allied with Khmelnytsky and intervened in the Russo-Polish War, taking Smolensk and other territories; in 1656 he declared war on Sweden to expand Baltic interests.
  3. 1660–1676Moscow · RussiaIn 1666–1667 Patriarch Nikon was deposed, and the church reform controversy temporarily subsided. He continued fighting Poland and Sweden while reorganizing finances and the military administration, dying in Moscow in 1676, succeeded by his eldest son Feodor III.

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