Knowra Alexis of Russia Alexis of Russia Alexis I, also known as Alexei Mikhailovich, was tsar of Russia from 1645 to 1676. His reign brought territorial expansion, major administrative reforms, and religious conflict.
Sobornoye Ulozheniye : A comprehensive Russian legal code enacted in 1649 that strengthened autocratic rule and bound peasants to their land. Alexis approved this code, which entrenched serfdom and defined Russian law for generations.
Zemsky Sobor : An assembly of representatives from social estates convened by Russian rulers to advise on major affairs. Alexis’s government relied on these assemblies during the early years of his reign.
Nikon : Patriarch of Moscow from 1652 to 1666, whose liturgical reforms divided the Russian Orthodox Church. Alexis’s support for Nikon’s reforms helped trigger the Old Believer schism.
Michael of Russia : The first Romanov tsar, who ruled Russia from 1613 to 1645 after the Time of Troubles. Alexis succeeded his father, whose reign restored the Romanov dynasty after civil war and foreign intervention.
Khmelnytsky Uprising : A Cossack revolt against Polish-Lithuanian rule in Ukraine, beginning in 1648 under Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Its alliance with Moscow drew Alexis into a long war against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Prikaz : A central administrative office in Muscovite Russia responsible for a particular function, territory, or group of people. These offices carried out the expanding government’s military, diplomatic, and fiscal work.
Bohdan Khmelnytsky : A Cossack hetman who led the 1648 uprising against Polish-Lithuanian rule and sought Moscow’s protection. His appeal and alliance with Alexis changed the balance of power in Ukraine.
Time of Troubles : A period of dynastic crisis, famine, civil war, and foreign intervention in Russia from 1598 to 1613. Its aftermath shaped the dynasty and institutions Alexis inherited.
Treaty of Andrusovo : The 1667 truce that ended the Russo-Polish War and divided Ukrainian territories between Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It secured Smolensk and Left-Bank Ukraine for Alexis’s state.
Boyar Duma : The council of high-ranking nobles that advised the tsar and participated in governing Muscovite Russia. Alexis governed alongside this aristocratic council while strengthening the central state.
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