Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, who ascended the throne in 1645, was the second ruler from the Romanov dynasty and the tenth sovereign in Russia.
The son of Mikhail Fedorovich grew up surrounded by "mothers", and his "uncle" was the famous boyar B. Morozov. At the age of thirteen, the crown prince is “announced” to the people, and after the death of his father, he ascends the throne. At first, his mentor practically ruled the state, and not the still young and inexperienced king.
Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov actually begins to reign in 1950, he reads petitions and other documents, edits important decrees. He personally signed decrees, personally participated in military campaigns, for example, near Vilna, Riga, Smolensk, led negotiations, which no tsar had done before him.
Aleksey Mikhailovich the Quietest, and that is how the second sovereign in Russia was unofficially called, was veryeducated, spoke several languages. He was characterized as a dignified, meek, God-fearing and good-looking person who was destined to rule in a very difficult time, which began with the Time of Troubles and passed through the Razin uprising and the "s alt" and "copper" riots of the Cossacks.
Already from the first year of his reign, Alexei Mikhailovich tried to turn the Kremlin into a palace, admiring with its beauty, with many domes sparkling with gold. By his order, the walls of the Kremlin were pasted over with gilded pieces of leather, and instead of traditional shops, chairs and armchairs were arranged according to the “foreign” model. At the same time, the Kolomna Palace, which burned down a hundred years later, was also built. Preserved only in miniatures, it impresses with its grandeur and luxury.
Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich has remained in history as the antipode of the formidable Ivan IV. The time of his reign is considered the time of the restoration of the Russian autocracy. It was after him that the definition of "autocrat" was attached to the title of Russian sovereigns. Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, as a statesman, largely predetermined the increase in the tsar's role in literally all spheres, and first of all, the role of the monarch as commander in chief.
The second of the Romanov family, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, unlike his predecessors, had personal experience in direct command of troops, which he acquired during the Russian-Polish campaign. He focused on issues of equipping and manning the army, intervening in all personnel issues, etc.
The tsar attached no less importance to the idea of the continuity of power of the Romanovs from the Rurikovichs. Upon accession to the throne, it was important for him to prove that in Russia there was not only the process of the formation of a completely new dynasty, but also the restoration of the previous one, since it was its termination that was considered the cause of all the troubles that befell the country at the turn of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including the Time of Troubles.. Now, after the strengthening of the Russian autocracy, doubts about the legitimacy of the Romanov family have subsided.
It was Alexei Mikhailovich who turned Russia into a truly Orthodox state. Under him, many Orthodox relics saved from Muslims began to be brought from distant lands.
Alexei was married to Maria Miloslavskaya, with whom he had thirteen heirs, including the future sovereigns Ivan, Peter, Fedor, and Princess Sophia. Alexei died at the end of January 1676, before reaching the age of 48
The Quietest left his children a fairly powerful state, already recognized abroad, and Peter I, continuing the work of his father, completed the process of establishing a monarchy and created a great empire.
