Alexis of Russia

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Alexis Алексей Михайлович
Portrait of Alexis by an unknown Russian artist, c. 1670 – c. 1680
Tsar of all Russia
Reign	12 July 1645 – 8 February 1676
Coronation	28 September 1645
Predecessor	Michael
Successor	Feodor III
Born	(1629-03-29)29 March 1629 Moscow, Russia
Died	8 February 1676(1676-02-08) (aged 46) Moscow, Russia
Burial	Cathedral of the Archangel
Spouse	Maria Ilyinichna Miloslavskaya ​ ​ (m. 1648; died 1669)​ Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina ​ ​ (m. 1671)​
Issue among others...	Tsarevich Dmitri Alexeevich Tsarevna Yevdokia Alekseevna Tsarevna Marfa Alekseyevna Tsarevich Alexei Alexeevich Sofia Alexeevna, Regent of Russia Tsarevna Ekaterina Alexeevna Tsarevna Maria Alexeevna Fyodor III Tsarevna Feodosia Alexeyevna Tsarevich Simeon Alexeyevich Ivan V Peter I Tsarevna Natalya Alexeevna
Names Alexei Mikhailovich
House	Romanov
Father	Michael of Russia
Mother	Eudoxia Streshneva
Religion	Russian Orthodox

Alexei Mikhailovich^[a] (Russian: Алексей Михайлович,^[b] IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ]; 29 March [O.S. 19 March] 1629 – 8 February [O.S. 29 January] 1676), also known as Alexis,^[1] was Tsar of all Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676.^[2]

He was the first tsar to sign laws on his own authority and his council passed the Sobornoye Ulozheniye of 1649, which strengthened the bonds between autocracy and the lower nobility.^[3]

In religious matters, he sided closely with Patriarch Nikon during the schism in the Russian Orthodox Church which saw unpopular liturgical reforms.^[2][3]

While finding success in foreign affairs, his reign saw several wars with Iran, Poland (from whom left-bank Ukraine and Smolensk were annexed) and Sweden, as well as internal instabilities such as the Salt Riot in Moscow and the Cossack revolt of Stenka Razin in southern Russia. At the time of his death, Russia spanned almost 8.1 million km² (3.1 million sq mi).

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