Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, who ascended the throne in 1645, was the second in a row ruler from the Romanov dynasty in Russia and the tenth sovereign.Son Mikhail Fedorovich grew up surrounded by "mamok" and "uncle" was his famous Boyar BI Morozov.In thirteen years the Crown Prince "announce" the people, and after the death of his father, he ascends to the throne.Initially, the government virtually ruled his mentor, not a young and inexperienced king.
Alexis Romanov actually begins to reign in 1950, he read the petitions and other documents, edit important decrees.He personally signed the decree, personally participated in military campaigns, for example, under the Vilna, Riga, Smolensk, led the negotiations, which before it did any king.
Alexis Quietest, namely the so-called unofficially the second sovereign in Russia, was very educated, spoke several languages.He was described as a sedate, gentle, bogoboyazlivogo and comely man who was destined to rule in a very difficult time, I began to confuse and passed through the revolt of Razin and "salt" and "Copper" Cossack rebellions.
Already in the first year of the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich tried to turn the Kremlin palace, admired for its beauty, with lots of glittering golden dome.On his orders, the Kremlin walls plastered gilded pieces of skin, and instead of the traditional shops on the "foreign" samples were placed chairs and armchairs.At the same time it was built and burned a hundred years Kolomna Palace.Save only thumbnails, it impresses with its grandeur and luxury.
Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich in history as the opposite was terrible Ivan IV.His rule is considered to be temporary restoration of the Russian autocracy.It was after him to the title of Russian princes was attached definition of "autocrat".Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich as a statesman largely predetermined increase in the royal role in virtually all areas, and especially the role of the monarch as commander in chief.
second Romanov - Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich - unlike their predecessors had personal experience of the direct command of the troops, which acquired during the Russian-Polish company.He focused on issues of manning and equipping of the army to intervene in all personnel issues, etc.
No less important, and the king gave the idea of ​​continuity of the power of the Romanovs from Rurik.With accession to the throne it was important to prove that Russia is not only the process of establishing an entirely new dynasty, but also the restoration of the former, since it was her termination was considered the cause of all the ills that have befallen the country at the crossroads of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including the Troubles.Now, after a gain of the Russian autocracy, doubts about the legitimacy of the Romanov kind of subsided.
It Alexis turned Russia into a truly Orthodox state.When it started from distant lands were brought many Orthodox relics rescued from the Muslims.
Alex was married to Mary Miloslavskaya, which amassed thirteen heirs, including future sovereigns Ivan, Peter, Fedor and Princess Sophia.Died Alex at the end of January 1676 the second, reaching 48 years of age
His children Quietest left a legacy of powerful enough power, already recognized for its border, and Peter I, who continued his father's work, completed the process of becoming a monarchy and created a great empire.
