Alexis I Mikhaylovich Biography

Birth of Alexis I Mikhaylovich, son of Tsar Michael & Eudoxia

Succeeds as Tsar of Russia. Alexiss tutor, Morozov, runs the Government, 1645-1659

Has his tutor & regent exiled after the rebellion of Moscow to save his life

Marries Maria Miloslavskaia

Opens the Zemski Sobor, Parliament, to redress grievances

Bogdan Chmielnicki leads a Cossack rebellion in the Ukraine

Bogdan Chmielnicki leads a Cossack rebellion in the Ukraine

The rebellion leeds to the drafting of a new code of law, Sobornoe Ulozhenie

Promulgates the Soborn Ulozheniye, a code of laws for legitimizing serfdom. New Law Code, Sobornoe ulozhenie

Parliament produces the Code of Law, Ulozhenie, to redress widespread discontent

A rebellion at Novgorod is caused by bad harvests, plague & oppression by landlords

A rebellion at Novgorod is caused by bad harvests, plague & oppression by landlords

A rebellion at Pskov is caused by bad harvests, plague & oppression by landlords

Begins reforms of the Russian Church based on the Greek Church

The Zemski Sobor votes to incorporate the Ukraine into Russia

Under the Treaty of Vilna Poland cedes Little Russia Russia to Russia

Under the Treaty of Vilna Poland cedes White Russia to Russia

The war is terminated & a 3 yr truce is signed between Russia & Poland. An alliance is formed between Poland & Russia against Sweden

Russia makes peace with Poland to fight Sweden which has just invaded Poland. Poland cedes White & Little Russia to Russia

Russia signs a 3 yr truce with Sweden. Makes peace having failed to succesfully attack Riga & Livonia

Makes peace having failed to succesfully attack Riga & Livonia

Makes peace having failed to succesfully attack Riga & Livonia

Confirms the Armistice agreed with Sweden in 1658

Confirms the Armistice agreed with Sweden in 1658

A Moscow uprising breaks out over copper coinage, hardship and government policy.

Rules Muscovy during continued conflict and negotiations with Poland-Lithuania.

The Armistice of Andrusovo with Poland

New Commercial Regulations keep foreigners out of trade & impose high import tariffs

The rebellion of Stenka Razin breaks out. Outbreak of peasant rebellions

New Commercial Regulations keep foreigners out of trade & impose high import tariffs

A truce for 13 years and a half, signed in 1667 between Muscovy and the Polishn Commonwealth, which were at war since 1654 over the territories of modern day Ukraine and Belarus

Under the Treaty of Andrusovo Poland cedes Czernihow Voivodships to Russia

Under the Treaty of Andrusovo Russia gains control of Kiev

Under the Treaty of Andrusovo Poland cedes Smolensk to Russia

Under the Treaty of Andrusovo Poland cedes parts of Ukraine to Russia

A truce for 13 years between Russia & Poland over the Ukraine and Belarus

Signed by Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin (Russia) and Jerzy Chlebowicz (Poland) in the village of Andrusovo near Smolensk

Under the Treaty of Andrusovo Poland cedes Czernihow Voivodships to Russia

Under the Treaty of Andrusovo Russia gains control of Kiev

Under the Treaty of Andrusovo Poland cedes Smolensk to Russia

Under the Treaty of Andrusovo Poland cedes parts of Ukraine to Russia

Under the Treaty of Anrusovo the Right-bank Ukraine (Pravoberezhna Ukrayina) and Belarus remain under Polish control

Under the Treaty of Anrusovo Russia keeps land on the east bank of the River Dneiper

Under the Treaty of Anrusovo Russia keeps Smolensk

Under the Treaty of Anrusovo part of the Ukraine and Belarus remain under Polish control

Under the Treaty of Anrusovo Russia gives up Vilno

Under the Treaty of Anrusovo the Right-bank Ukraine (Pravoberezhna Ukrayina) and Belarus remain under Polish control

Russia & Poland make peace so both countries can concentrate on the threat from Turkey. Russia makes peace with Poland. Russia gives up Vilno, keeps Smolensk & the East bank of the Dneiper & Kiev

Marries Natalia Naryshkina

The peasant leader, Razin, is captured by the Cossacks on the Don

The peasant leader, Razin, is captured by the Cossacks on the Don

The peasant leader, Razin, is captured by the Cossacks on the Don

The peasant leader, Razin, is captured by the Cossacks on the Don

The peasant leader, Razin, is executed in Red Square

The city of Kiev had to remain with Russia only until 1669, but Russia managed to keep it by signing the Eternal Peace Treaty with Poland in 1686