Tsarevna Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia
(1657-1704)
Russian tsarevna
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Sophia Alekseyevna (Russian: Со́фья Алексе́евна, 27 September [O.S. 17 September] 1657 – 14 July [O.S. 3 July] 1704) ruled as regent of Russia from 1682 to 1689. She allied herself with a singularly capable courtier and politician, Prince Vasily Golitsyn, to install herself during the minority of her brother Ivan V and half-brother Peter I. She carried out her regency with a firm hand. The activity of this "bogatyr-tsarevna" (as Sergey Solovyov called her) was all the more extraordinary, as upper-class Muscovite women, confined to the upper-floor terem and veiled and guarded in public, invariably were kept aloof from any open involvement in politics.
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27 September 1657 Moscow, Russia
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14 July 1704 (aged 46) Novodevichy Convent, Russia
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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