IVAN V ALEKSEEVICH(1666–1696), Russian tsar. Born August 27 (September 6), 1666. The son of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich from his first marriage to Maria Ilyinichnaya Miloslavskaya. From early childhood he was sickly and weak-minded, besides, he was distinguished by poor eyesight. After the death of his elder brother, Tsar Fyodor Alekseevich, on April 27 (May 7), 1682, the Naryshkin party achieved the removal of Ivan from the throne and the proclamation of Peter, the son of Alexei Mikhailovich from his second wife N.K. Naryshkina, as Tsar. However, the leaders of the Miloslavsky party (Tsarevna Sofya Alekseevna, I.M. Miloslavsky), together with I.A. Khovansky, spreading the rumor about his murder by the Naryshkins, provoked a streltsy revolt on May 15–17 (25–27), 1682. Although Ivan was shown to the archers, they brutally dealt with the main opponents of the Miloslavskys - Ivan and Afanasy Naryshkin, A.S. Matveev, G. Romodanovsky. On the initiative of I.A. Khovansky, who was appointed head of the streltsy army, the archers demanded that Ivan and Peter be elected as accompanying kings. On May 26 (June 5), a meeting of clergy and zemstvo officials proclaimed Ivan V the eldest, and Peter I the junior tsar. On June 29 (June 8), the regency power was handed over to Princess Sophia. On June 25 (July 5), both brothers were married to the kingdom. Although Ivan V soon came of age, he did not try to take away power from his sister and agreed with all her decisions.

(19) January 1684 Ivan V married Praskovya Fedorovna Saltykova (1664–1723); had five daughters by her.

In 1689, when Peter I began the fight against Sophia, she unsuccessfully tried to get the support of the archers and service people, spreading rumors about the threat to the life of Ivan V from his younger brother. Initially, Ivan obeyed Sophia, but then (under the influence of his uncle Prozorovsky) refused to support her against Peter. After the fall of the regent, Peter I formally retained the dual kingdom, promising Ivan to honor him as a father and elder brother; his name was invariably put in the first place in the royal charters. Ivan himself did not take any part in state affairs, limiting himself to performing ceremonial duties, and devoted most of his time to fasting and prayer. By the age of thirty, Ivan V looked like a decrepit old man. He died on January 29 (February 8), 1696 in Moscow and was buried in the Archangel Cathedral.

Of the daughters of Ivan V, three survived - Catherine (1692-1733), Anna (1693-1740) and Praskovya (1695-1731). Ekaterina Ivanovna in 1716 married Duke Karl-Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, from whom she gave birth to a daughter, Anna, mother of the Russian Emperor Ivan VI and ruler of Russia in 1740–1741. Anna Ivanovna occupied the Russian throne in 1730-1740. Praskovya Ivanovna, who entered into marriage in 1723 with Senator I.I. Dmitriev-Mamonov, left no offspring.

Ivan Krivushin

Ivan V

Biography of Ivan V - early years.
Ivan V was born on August 27, 1666, he was the middle son of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and Princess Maria Ilyinichna Miloslavskaya. Almost from birth, Ivan V was very sickly and weak-minded, in addition, he was distinguished by very poor eyesight. Everyone around believed that he would not be able to rule the country. After his brother Tsar Fedor Alekseevich died, on April 27, 1682, at the insistence of the Naryshkin party, Ivan V was removed from the throne and Peter, who was the son of Alexei Mikhailovich and his second wife N.K., was proclaimed king. Naryshkina. But soon Princess Sofya Alekseevna and I.M. Miloslavsky, who were the leaders of the Miloslavsky party, together with I.A. Khovansky started rumors about the murder of Ivan V by the Naryshkins and were able to provoke a streltsy revolt, which lasted two days from May 15 to May 17, 1682.
Among the archers, discontent had been brewing for a long time, they were forced to pay dues and duties, they irregularly issued a well-deserved salary, which, moreover, was greatly reduced. Taking advantage of the disagreements among the boyars, the archers broke into the Kremlin with drumming and fluttering banners. With cries that the Naryshkins strangled Ivan, they rushed to the palace. And even despite the fact that the archers were shown alive and unharmed Ivan and Peter, who were specially brought to the Red Porch, they brutally tore to pieces the main opponents of the Miloslavsky A.S. Matveev, G. Romodanovsky, as well as Afanasy and Ivan Naryshkin. Moscow for two days was completely in the power of the rebels, as a result of this rebellion, many boyars died. I.A. Khovansky, who was the head of the streltsy army, took the initiative, according to which the streltsy demanded that Ivan and Peter be elected co-rulers, and their sister Sofya Alekseevna ruled the throne during the early childhood of the kings.
As a result, all the requirements of the archers were satisfied, and on May 26, at a meeting of the clergy and zemstvo officials, Ivan V was proclaimed the eldest, and Peter I the junior tsar. A month later, Princess Sophia was appointed regent for underage tsars; on June 25, Ivan V and Peter I were married to the kingdom in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. A special throne was made for them, equipped with two seats, which is currently stored in the Armory. The throne was upholstered with velvet and decorated with precious stones and gold; a place was provided behind the throne for the educators of young kings. There was also another chair of a smaller size - for the patriarch. For two kings, two royal crowns, two scepters, two barmas, two pairs of royal outfits and two orbs were needed. Ivan Alekseevich was given the old regalia, and for Peter they decided to make new ones, and they made them so skillfully that it was impossible to distinguish where the ancient regalia were and where they were newly made. In the Assumption Cathedral, instead of three lecterns, there were six, and another additional elevation was also made. Patriarch Joachim performed the wedding ceremony, and during the ceremony, Ivan was given primacy, since he was the elder brother. In Russia, this was the final royal coronation, after which all subsequent coronations were called imperial. After some time, Ivan V became an adult, but, despite this, he did not make any attempts to take away power from his sister and fully agreed with all her decisions. Sophia actually reigned on the throne, often resorting to the help of her favorites F.L. Shaklovitoy and V.V. Golitsyn.
Biography of Ivan V - mature years.
In January 1684, significant changes took place in the biography of Ivan V, he married Praskovya Fedorovna Saltykova, who eventually gave him five daughters. A few years later, Peter I began to confront Sophia, who, without much success, tried to gain the support of service people and archers and spread rumors that Peter I was threatening the life of his older brother Ivan V. At first, the weak-willed Ivan obeyed Sophia, but after some time due to influence exerted on him by Uncle Prozorovsky, he refused to support Sophia in her struggle against Peter. When the regent Sophia was removed from power, Peter I officially retained the dual kingdom and promised his older brother to respect him not only as an older brother, but also as a father. The name of Ivan V was put in the first place in all royal letters and documents. Ivan V himself is characterized by his biography as a person who was not at all interested in state affairs, and did not take part in them, was limited only to the performance of ceremonial duties and devoted all his free time to fasting and prayers. This indifference and aversion to state power is regarded by many contemporaries as a sign of obvious dementia, however, one should not underestimate the role of Ivan Alekseevich's rule for the Russian state. Ivan V lived the longest life of all the sons of Tsarina Maria Ilyinichna. But by the age of thirty, Ivan Alekseevich looked like a pitiful, decrepit old man, was practically blind and was even stricken with paralysis. On January 29, 1696, he died suddenly in Moscow and was buried with solemn honors in the Archangel Cathedral.
The biography of the great Russian Tsar says that only three of the children of Ivan V survived: Praskovya, Anna and Catherine. Ekaterina Ivanovna was married in 1716 to Duke Karl-Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, from whom she gave birth to a daughter, Anna Leopoldovna, the mother of Emperor Ivan VI of Russia and Empress of Russia in 1740-1741. Anna Ivanovna headed the Russian throne from 1730 to 1740. And Praskovya Ivanovna in 1723 married Senator I.I. Dmitriev-Mamonov, who came from the ancient Russian family of Rurikovich and was deprived of his princely title. The young couple left no heirs. In addition to them, the great Russian Tsar had two more daughters, Feodosia Ivanovna and Maria Ivanovna, but both of them died in infancy from unknown diseases.

Ivan V Russian Tsar (1682-1696), brother of Peter I

Russian Tsar (1682-96), son of Alexei Mikhailovich, brother of Fedor III and Peter I.

Of all the Romanovs, Tsar John (Ivan) Alekseevich is the most "faded" figure. Being a hostage of political intrigues, he practically did not take part in government and therefore left almost no trace in history. The reason for everything was the very poor health of the king. Sometimes in the literature you can find the assertion that Ivan was weak-minded, almost crazy. This is wrong. The king was weak physically, but not mentally. Like his brother Fyodor, he suffered from scurvy and, like his younger brother Peter, epilepsy. One of the foreign travelers wrote that Ivan had seizures every month and, in addition, the king could not see well. Physical weakness also manifested itself in some kind of speech defect. The Austrian diplomat noted that the tsar "spoke in a weak and indistinct voice", and when "he got up to ask about the health of the emperor, he could hardly stand on his feet, and he was supported by two chamberlains under his arms." Usually, during official audiences, one of the boyars spoke instead of Ivan, reading out his speeches. From foreign evidence it also follows that Ivan was paralyzed. But this is hardly true, since the tsar was constantly present at church services and went on pilgrimages. He especially loved the Novodevichy Convent, where he stayed for a long time.

After the death of Fyodor, the Naryshkins proclaimed Peter the Tsar, and only the Streltsy rebellion and the performance of Sophia made it possible to restore justice, since it was Ivan who was the heir to the throne. However, many boyars, recognizing Ivan's inability to govern, "often sighed about it." On May 26, 1682, the co-government of two tsars, the "older" Ivan and the "younger" Peter, began in Russia. The last of the Russian tsars, Ivan Alekseevich, was crowned king with the famous Monomakh's hat (the so-called Monomakh's hat of the second outfit was made for Peter).

Ivan surprisingly maintained good relations with both Sophia and Peter. During the events of 1689, he took the side of his sister, forbidding military commanders to go to Peter in the Trinity Monastery. But then, when more decisive action was required, Ivan told Sofya that he would not quarrel with his brother in anything. When Peter returned to Moscow, Ivan met him on the porch of the palace. The brothers embraced, and Peter asked Ivan "to be his friend, and the one who answered him on behalf of his brother assured Peter of his friendship."

In January 1684 Ivan was married to Praskovya Fyodorovna Saltykova. This "first beauty of Russia", according to one Swedish diplomat, said that she would "rather die" than marry Ivan. But the wedding still took place. It was organized by Princess Sophia, who hoped for the birth of a son from Ivan, behind whose back she could rule the state for a long time. But Praskovya had five daughters.

Queen Praskovya belonged to an ancient noble family descended from the legendary Misha, the predecessor of the Morozovs, Shestovs, Tuchkovs and other famous families. Thus, the Saltykovs were, although distant, but relatives of the Romanovs through the mother of Mikhail Fedorovich, Ksenia Ivanovna Shestova. In addition, the Saltykovs became related to the princes Trubetskoy, Kurakin, Dolgorukov and other noble families. And then the famous associate of Peter, Prince-"Caesar" Fyodor Yuryevich Romodanovsky, married Praskovya's sister Anastasia. They brought up Praskovya in the old Russian traditions. Adherence to these habits remained with her until the end of her life. But, unlike her husband's sisters, she never openly opposed Peter, which earned him his sympathy.

Moreover, Praskovya managed to maintain good relations with all her relatives, including the disgraced Tsarevich Alexei. However, she was absolutely indifferent to the then political struggle in the royal dynasty: the only thing that interested her was her own fate and the well-being of her daughters. Peter treated his daughter-in-law with respect and kindness, which did not prevent him from sometimes making fun of her way of life.

The queen was slender, tall and plump. Over the years, she became ugly and flabby, suffered from dropsy, walked with difficulty (at times she was driven in a wheelchair). Her character was calm, although at times there were outbursts of anger, then it was difficult for her to control herself. It is known, for example, that towards the end of her life she quarreled with all her daughters and even cursed them. Only on her deathbed did she forgive her middle daughter Anna, the future Russian Empress, and the other two remained to live under the mother's curse. In their sad fate, many saw the fulfillment of evil fate. In general, Praskovya was extremely religious, but from a purely ritual side. She devoutly carried out all church prescriptions, completely unaware of their essence. In addition, she was extremely superstitious. At her court, some soothsayers, sorcerers, sorcerers, beggars, wanderers, sick and crippled, fed from the bounties of the royal almshouse, constantly crowded. There were so many of this audience that Peter called Praskovya's court "a hospital of freaks, hypocrites and empty saints." The tsarina was especially respected by a certain half-mad clerk Timofey Arkhipych, who walked around the palace in dirty rags and pretended to be a prophet and almost a saint. At the same time, there were plenty of all kinds of jesters, dwarfs and fools, who with their rude jokes indulged Praskovya's unpretentious taste. All this audience was not only at the court of the queen in Izmailovo, but some of them even moved to St. Petersburg, continuing to receive handouts from the hands of their patroness there.

After the death of her husband, the tsarina and her daughters lived in Izmailovo, near Moscow, which still belonged to Alexei Mikhailovich. She managed the household well, although she spent a lot on contributions to monasteries and almsgiving. Praskovya was distinguished by her hospitality, she constantly hosted various guests, including foreigners. But in 1708, to please Peter, she, along with her daughters, Peter's sisters, the widow of Tsar Fedor - Marfa Matveevna, Prince Romodanovsky and other Moscow boyars, moved to St. Petersburg (although later she also visited Izmailovo). Here she even had to sail on ships on the sea - Peter taught his relatives "to the water." The tsarina's house stood on the banks of the Neva not far from Petropavlovka. It was there that she ended her life. Before her death, she asked to bring a mirror and looked into it for a long, long time. Peter personally ordered the funeral and arranged for his daughter-in-law a solemn and magnificent burial, which many people came to stare at.

A few years after the death of Ivan V, according to the "good tradition" established by that time, an impostor appeared who called himself Tsar Ivan Alekseevich. It turned out to be the son of a Siberian peasant from the Nizhneilimsk settlement - Ivashka Popov. But he did not have time to "turn around" in full force, in 1702 the adventurer was captured and beaten with whips. Then traces of him were lost. A little more successful was the fate of another rogue who appeared abroad. In 1747, a man of about forty came to the Russian ambassador in Istanbul, A.I. It turns out that even in childhood he was given by the queen to some Greek monk and a Dutch woman. In a woman's dress, they transported the boy to Astrakhan, and from there to the Middle East. For some time, allegedly, the "prince" lived in Damascus, then wandered for a long time until he found himself in the Turkish capital. But the Russian diplomats of that time "on the chaff" could not be spent. Neplyuev ordered the impostor to be arrested and flogged with rods until he told the truth. he did not know. He blamed the monk and the Dutch woman for imposture, who revealed to him a "terrible secret." Neplyuev ordered "Fedok" to be shackled and sent to Russia under guard. But at the very first stop in one of the Turkish cities, the prisoner began to yell at the whole street that he wants to convert to Islam, and he is forcibly taken out of the country. The Turks, who fled to the screams, repulsed the swindler from the Russian convoy. The officer accompanying "Fedka" tried to shoot him, but missed. The Turkish authorities refused to extradite the impostor to the Russians and allegedly sent him to homeland - in the city of Aleppo (Haleb).The further fate of this "Turkish subject" is unknown.

Ivan V Alekseevich Romanov - senior tsar and great sovereign of all Rus'

Years of life 1666–1696

Reigned 1682–1696

Father - Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, Tsar

and the great sovereign of all Rus'.

Mother - Empress Maria Ilyinichna Miloslavskaya.

The future Tsar Ivan (John) V Alekseevich was born on August 27, 1666 in Moscow. When in 1682 the elder brother of Ivan V - Tsar Fedor Alekseevich - died without leaving an heir, the 16-year-old Ivan V, as the next in seniority, was to inherit the royal crown.

But Ivan Alekseevich was a sickly person from childhood and completely incapable of governing the country. That is why the boyars and Patriarch Joachim proposed to remove him and elect his half-brother, 10-year-old Peter, the youngest son of Alexei Mikhailovich, as the next king.

Both brothers, one due to ill health, the other due to age, could not participate in the struggle for power. Instead, their relatives fought for the throne: for Ivan - his sister, Princess Sophia, and the Miloslavskys, relatives of his mother, and for Peter - the Naryshkins, relatives of the second wife of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. As a result of this struggle there was a bloody archers riot.

Streltsy regiments with their newly elected commanders were heading towards the Kremlin, followed by crowds of citizens. The streltsy, who walked in front, shouted accusations against the boyars, who allegedly poisoned Tsar Fedor and are already making an attempt on the life of Tsarevich Ivan.

The archers made a list in advance of the names of those boyars who were demanded for reprisal. They did not listen to any exhortations, and showing them alive and unharmed Ivan and Peter on the royal porch did not impress the rebels. And in front of the eyes of the princes, the archers threw the bodies of their relatives and boyars, familiar to them from birth, from the windows of the palace onto spears. Sixteen-year-old Ivan after that forever abandoned public affairs, and Peter hated the archers for life.

Then Patriarch Joachim proposed to proclaim both tsars at once: Ivan - the senior tsar, and Peter - the junior tsar and appoint Tsarevna Sofya Alekseevna, Ivan's sister, as regent (ruler) under them.

June 25, 1682 Ivan V Alekseevich and Peter I Alekseevich were married to the kingdom in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. For them, even a special throne with two seats was built, currently stored in the Armory.

Tsar Ivan V Alekseevich

Although Ivan was called the elder tsar, he practically never dealt with state affairs, but only dealt with his family. Ivan V was the sovereign of Russia for 14 years, but his reign was formal. He only attended palace ceremonies and signed documents without understanding their essence. The real rulers under him were first Princess Sophia (from 1682 to 1689), and then power passed to his younger brother, Peter.

Ivan V from childhood grew up as a frail, sickly child with poor eyesight. Sister Sophia chose a bride for him, the beautiful Praskovya Fedorovna Saltykova. Marrying her in 1684 had a beneficial effect on Ivan Alekseevich: he became healthier and happier.

Children of Ivan V and Praskovya Fyodorovna Saltykova: Maria, Theodosia (died in infancy), Ekaterina, Anna, Praskovya.

Of the daughters of Ivan V, Anna Ivanovna subsequently became empress (ruled in 1730-1740). His granddaughter became the ruler Anna Leopoldovna. The reigning descendant of Ivan V was also his great-grandson - Ivan VI Antonovich (formally listed as emperor from 1740 to 1741).

According to the memoirs of a contemporary of Ivan V, at the age of 27 he looked like a decrepit old man, saw very poorly and, according to one foreigner, was stricken with paralysis. “Indifferently, like a dead statue on his silver armchair under the images, Tsar Ivan sat in a monomakh hat, pulled down over his very eyes, lowered down and not looking at anyone.”

Ivan V Alekseevich died at the age of 30, on January 29, 1696 in Moscow and was buried in the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.

Silver double throne of Tsars Ivan and Peter Alekseevich

This text is an introductory piece.

Tsar and Grand Duke, son of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and his wife Maria Ilyinichna, from the Miloslavsky family, b. August 27, 1666, died January 29, 1696. From childhood, John Alekseevich was distinguished by extreme morbidity, like three older brothers; he suffered from scurvy, had poor eyesight, and throughout his life remained a weak, underdeveloped person, incapable of any activity. Upon the death of Tsar Feodor Alekseevich on April 27, 1682, the Naryshkin party (princes Dolgoruky and Golitsyn), fearing the return to power of the Miloslavskys, took advantage of the sickness and weakness of the legitimate heir, 16-year-old John, and proclaimed 10-year-old Peter Tsar. When Patriarch Joachim with the boyars proposed to the people gathered in the square the question: who should be in the kingdom? - exclamations "Peter Alekseevich" drowned out the voices of the few who stood for John. So tell contemporaries who are trustworthy; an official charter dated May 26, 1682, says that John Alekseevich himself announced at the council that it was more fitting for Peter to be on the throne, since his mother, Tsarina Natalya Kirilovna, was alive, and "gave up the kingdom" to his brother; but there can hardly be any doubt that the official account is not entirely accurate, and that it was simply deemed necessary in the official document to make John's abdication voluntary; there is also news that before his death, Tsar Feodor Alekseevich himself wanted to declare Peter the heir to the throne. - Princess Sophia and Miloslavsky, her and John's closest relatives, soon restored the archers against the Naryshkins and their supporters who became the head of the administration; On May 15, 1682, the archers were indignant and rushed to the Kremlin Palace, under the influence of a rumor that the Naryshkins had strangled Tsarevich John. John, together with Peter, went out onto the porch of the palace to a crowd of archers, and said that no one was harassing him and that he could not complain about anyone; the excitement began to subside, but the efforts of agents Miloslavsky and Sophia on the one hand and the imprudent act of Prince. Yu. Dolgoruky, on the other hand, gave rise to the sad scenes of the Streltsy rebellion. On May 23, after the defeat of the Naryshkin party, the archers demanded the accession of John. The council of the clergy and all sorts of ranks of Moscow had to agree to the demand of the triumphant party, and John was proclaimed king along with Peter. On May 26, at the new demand of the archers, inspired by Tsarina Sophia, the Duma formally declared John the first, and Peter the second king; a month later, on June 25, John and Peter were solemnly married to the kingdom. - However, at the court and after the accession of Ivan Alekseevich, faces directly hostile to him remained: in 1684 several boyars dared to disobey the order "to be in the course with holy icons for Tsar John Alekseevich", for which they were disgraced; under the banner of protecting the weak John, Princess Sophia fought against the party of Peter; but John himself took no part in this struggle. In 1689, Fyodor Shaklovity unsuccessfully tried to anger the archery regiments with rumors that Lev Naryshkin broke the royal crown, threw logs into John's room, and once broke into the doors of his chambers with some kind of malicious intent. On the day of Sophia's final break with Peter, on September 1, 1689, Tsar John treated Sophia's supporters, serving foreigners and courtiers with wine and vodka from his own hands, but then, when Peter demanded the extradition of Shaklovity, John announced to Colonel Sergeev sent from Peter that he he will order Shaklovity to be handed over if his uncle, Prince Peter Prozorovsky, comes for him, and ordered to tell Sofya that he would not quarrel with his brother in anything for her, not only for Shaklovity. After the fall of Sophia, John met Peter in Moscow "with the utmost brotherly love." John Alekseevich did not interfere in the affairs of government, and "stayed in unceasing prayer and firm fasting." Despite his illnesses, he rarely missed church services, went on a pilgrimage to monasteries, and especially often visited the Novodevichy Convent, and stayed there on duty; Peter, from one of his business trips, writes to his brother about the worship of the relics of miracle workers according to this vow; John, having received news of the capture of two towers near Azov by Peter, in a response letter, rejoices mainly in the fight "with the enemies of God and Christians" and asks his brother to take care of himself in battles. - On January 9, 1684, John Alekseevich married Praskovya Fedorovna from the Saltykov family, chosen for him by Tsarina Sophia, and had daughters from her, Maria (born March 21, 1689), Theodosia (born June 4, 1690), Catherine (born October 29, 1691), Anna (later Empress, born January 28, 1693, died October 17, 1740) and Praskovya (born May 12, 1694). The disease, meanwhile, quickly destroyed his body; At the age of 27, he already seemed quite decrepit, had poor vision, and, according to Neuville, was stricken with paralysis. On January 6, 1696, John went with a procession to the Jordan to the Moscow River; On January 26, he listened to the liturgy in the palace church and then treated the courtiers from his own hands, and three days later, on January 29, 1696, at 10 o'clock in the morning, he died suddenly, 29 years old. His body was buried in the Moscow Archangel Cathedral.

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N. Pavlov-Silvansky.

(Polovtsov)

Tsar and Grand Duke; genus. August 27, 1666; son of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and his first wife, Miloslavskaya. I. Alekseevich was a weak, sickly man, incapable of activity; he suffered from scurvy and an eye disease. After the death of Fyodor Alekseevich (1682), the Naryshkin party bypassed the legitimate heir to the throne, I. Alekseevich, and achieved the proclamation of Peter the Tsar; but the archers soon revolted, under the influence of a rumor that the Naryshkins had strangled I. Alekseevich. The prince himself did not play any role in the conspiracy and almost even paralyzed the rebellion, assuring the archers that "no one is harassing him, and that he cannot complain about anyone." On May 23, having defeated the Naryshkin party, the archers demanded the accession of I. Alekseevich. The council of the clergy and all sorts of ranks of the people of Moscow, under pressure from the archers, found dual power very useful, especially in case of war, and I. Alekseevich was proclaimed tsar. On May 26, the Duma declared I. Alekseevich - the first, Peter - the second king, and a month later, on June 25, both kings were solemnly married to the kingdom. In 1689, the name I. again served as a banner of struggle against the party of Peter. Sofya and Shaklovity tried to anger the archers with rumors that Lev Naryshkin broke the royal crown, threw logs into I. Alekseevich's room, etc. In Sophia's struggle with Peter I. Alekseevich at first stood on the side of his sister: he treated her followers to wine from his own hands; but then, when Peter demanded the extradition of Shaklovity, I. Alekseevich, under the influence of his uncle Prozorovsky, declared to Sofya that he "was a princess for her, not only for such a thief Shaklovity would not quarrel with his kind brother in anything." As under Sophia, so under Peter I. Alekseevich did not touch the affairs of government at all and remained "in unceasing prayer and firm fasting." Jan 9 1684 I. Alekseevich married Praskovya Fedorovna from the Saltykov family and had daughters Maria, Feodosia, Ekaterina, Anna and Praskovya. For 27 years, he was completely decrepit, had poor vision, and, according to one foreigner, was stricken with paralysis. Jan 29 1696 I. Alekseevich died suddenly and was buried in the Moscow Archangel Cathedral.

See "Sobr. State. Gram. and Dog." (vol. IV); "Acts Arch. Exp." (vol. IV); "Acts of history." (vol. V); Gordon, Matveev, Zhelyabuzhsky, Neuville; "Letters of Peter Vel." (vol. I); "Palace. Discharge." (vol. IV); Golikov, "Acts of Peter Vel." (vol. I); Solovyov (Vol. XIII); Ustryalov, "History of the reign of Peter the Great." (vols. I and II); Pogodin, "17 first years of the life of Peter Vel."; Aristov, "Moscow Troubles".

N.P.S.

(Brockhaus)

Tsar and Grand Duke of All Rus', son of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, b. in 1666; from 1682 until his death (January 29, 1696) he reigned together with his brother Peter Alekseevich. In the affairs of the government of I., being sick. and underdeveloped, did not interfere, staying all the time "in prayer and firm fasting." He treated Peter I "with all the utmost brotherly love," which can be judged from his surviving friendship. brothers' correspondence.

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Tsar and Grand Duke, born August 27, 1666, son of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and his first wife, Miloslavskaya. Ioann Alekseevich was a weak, sickly man, incapable of activity; he suffered from scurvy and an eye disease. After the death of Fedor ... ... Biographical Dictionary

- (1666 1696) Russian. tsar, son of Alexei Mikhailovich from his first marriage with M. I. Miloslavskaya. After the death of Tsar Fyodor Alekseevich (1682), in violation of the rights of succession to the throne, Peter, the younger half-brother of I., was proclaimed king. As a result ... ... Russian humanitarian encyclopedic dictionary

King and led. book, genus. Aug 27 1666, son of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and his first wife, Miloslavskaya. I. Alekseevich was a weak, sickly man, incapable of activity; he suffered from scurvy and an eye disease. After the death of Fedor Alekseevich ... ... Encyclopedic Dictionary F.A. Brockhaus and I.A. Efron

JOHN V ALEKSEEVICH- The wedding of John V and Peter I Alekseevich on June 25, 1682. A fragment of a lithograph from an engraving by E. Skotnikov. 1st floor 19th century (Nikolo Ugreshsky Monarch in Moscow) The wedding of John V and Peter I Alekseevich to the kingdom on June 25, 1682 Fragment ... ... Orthodox Encyclopedia

San Francisco and the American West, Orthodox Church in America (1902-1989). Born in Moscow, in the ancient princely family of Shakhovsky, from the tribe of Rurikovich. In the world was called Dmitry Alekseevich. Literary pseudonym Wanderer. I was forced to ... ... Wikipedia

JOHN, Archbishop of San Francisco, see D. A. Shakhovskoy (see Dmitry Alekseevich SHAKHOVSKY) ... encyclopedic Dictionary

Ivan VI (John III) Antonovich Ivan VI with his mother, regent Anna Leopoldovna 5th ... Wikipedia

Archbishop John Bishop of Ufa and Davlekanovsky (from April 2, 1931 archbishop) 1928 January 17, 1933 ... Wikipedia

- (Aleksey Alekseevich) archbishop, son of a clerk, b. March 9, 1813 in the village. Volova, Livensky district, Oryol province, died on July 8, 1889. He studied at the Oryol Seminary and the Kyiv Theological Academy; September 27, 1839 was appointed teacher in ... ... Big biographical encyclopedia