ALEXIS, Czar of Russia

əlĕkˈsĭs (Aleksey Mikhailovich)əlyĭksyāˈ mēkhīˈləvĭch, 1629–76, czar of Russia (1645–76), son and successor of Michael. His reign, marked by numerous popular outbreaks, was crucial for the later development of Russia. A new code of laws was promulgated in 1648 and remained in effect until the early 19th cent.; it favored the middle classes and the landowners, but tied the peasants to the soil. The reforms of Patriarch Nikon resulted in a dangerous schism in the Russian Church, and Nikon's deposition (1666) was a prelude to the abolition of the Moscow patriarchate in 1721. In 1654 the Cossacks of Ukraine, led in revolt against Poland by Bohdan Chmielnicki, voted for the union of Ukraine with Russia. War with Poland ensued and ended in 1667 with Russia retaining most of Ukraine. A serious revolt against the czar (1670) among the Don Cossacks under Stenka Razin was quelled by 1671. Alexis was succeeded by his son Feodor III. A younger son, by a second marriage, became Peter I (Peter the Great).

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The Cult of Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia
Book by Maureen Perrie; Palgrave, 2001
Subjects: Historiography--Soviet Union, Ivan--Iv--Czar Of Russia--1530-1584--Cult, Propaganda, Soviet, Russia--History--Historiography
...as an intelligent and active czar, and his reign is admitted to...an entirely positive picture of Peter, displaying the influence...with Emil Ludwig: Under Peter Russia made significant advances, but...transformation, Tucker continues, was Alexis Tolstoi. 29 A. N. Tolstoi...
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The History of Russia
Book by Charles E. Ziegler; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Russia (Federation)--History--1991-, Russia--History, Soviet Union--History
...spellings: for example, tsar and czar. In most cases I have followed the Library of Congress transliteration style...Trotsky instead of Trotskii . In Russian words and names, unlike French...1645-1676 Reign of Tsar Alexis 1649 Adoption of Law...
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The Modernisation of Russia, 1676-1825
Book by Simon Dixon; Cambridge University Press, 1999
Subjects: Russia--History--1613-1917
...Eighteenth-Century Russia London, 1998 . P. Longworth, Alexis: Tsar of All the Russias London, 1984 , shows how much Peter the Great...CT, 1998 has superseded R. Wittram, Peter I: Czar und Kaiser, 2 vols. Gottingen, 1964 , on international...
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Everyman's Concise Encyclopaedia of Russia
Book by S. V. Utechin; J. M. Dent & Sons, 1961
Subjects: Soviet Union--Dictionaries And Encyclopedias
...acquired for Russia a large part of the Caucasus...known as the Czar-Liberator for...Empress of Russia, daughter of the Grand Duke...and married Czar Nicholas II...1957. Alexis Aleksiy...Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, head of the...
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Britain's Discovery of Russia, 1553-1815
Book by M. S. Anderson; Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1958
Subjects: Great Britain--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union, Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--Great Britain
...op. cit. , iv. 228-9. He thought Russia a sad place, and was particularly impressed by the smallness and discomfort of the houses, the boredom of the long...AGE OF PETER THE GREAT Yesterday the czar of Muscovy was brought from Greenwhich...
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Now the Enemy Is within Our Borders: The Impact of European Revolutions on American Perceptions of Violence before the Civil War
Journal article by Timothy M. Roberts; ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly), Vol. 17, 2003
Subjects: Fuller, Margaret, Hofstadter, Richard, Kossuth, Lajos, Napoleon III, Emperor of France, Revolutions--Analysis, Sumner, Charles
...red with the best blood of its citizens," not before, but after a Russian general had suppressed a...uprising, and delivered to the Czar the notorious report, "Order...the Czar of Russia over the oppressed Poles...
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The Brandeis Gambit: The Making of America's "First Freedom," 1909-1931
Journal article by Bradley C. Bobertz; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 40, 1999
Subjects: Freedom of speech--History
...least effective safeguard against revolution.(379) Comparing the situation of the United States in 1920 to that of Russia under its last Czar, Chafee wrote that radicalism, if suppressed, "finds subterranean channels where it cannot be attacked by its...
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The Security Treaty System and the Japanese Military. Industrial Complex
Journal article by Herbert P. Bix; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 2, 1970
Subjects: Asia
...Not until the advent of Kishi Nobusuke, "former economic czar of Manchukuo, architect of prewar Japans New Economic...Thus in 1967 the American ambassador to Japan, U. Alexis Johnson, is alleged to have personally called on the...
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Just Punishment and America's Prison Experiment
Journal article by Patrick T. Mccormick; Theological Studies, Vol. 61, 2000
Subjects: Crime prevention--Moral and ethical aspects, Narcotics, Control of--Moral and ethical aspects, Prison sentences--Moral and ethical aspects, Prisons--Moral and ethical aspects
...York: Oxford University, 1995) 4. (8) Mauer, Race to Incarcerate 57-59; Tonry, Malign Neglect 165; Alexis M. Durham III, "Then and Now: The Fruits of Late 20th Century Penal Reform," Federal Probation 55 (September 1991) 28-36, at 30. (9) Mauer...


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Foundation of St Petersburg: May 27th, 1703
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 53, May 2003
Subjects: Capital cities--History, Capitals (Cities)--History, Peter I, Czar of Russia--History, Russian history, 1613-1801, Saint Petersburg, Russia--Description and travel, Saint Petersburg, Russia--History
...prison and the Tsar had his own son Alexis tortured to death there in 1718. Nearby rose the original wooden cathedral of SS Peter and Paul, where Peter himself...conscripted every year and driven across Russia in gangs for hundreds of miles to the...
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Time to Rethink Immigration?
Magazine article by Peter Brimelow; National Review, Vol. 44, June 22, 1992
Subjects: Immigrants--Statistics, Immigration Act of 1965, United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service--Social policy
...of the Founding Fathers. Instead, they are the reaction of a young Zionist, Emma Lazarus, to the Russian pogroms following the assassination of Czar Alexander II in 1881. They were added years after the dedication of the statue, which was a gift...


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Russia Uses Alaska Sale to Thwart Britain; Czar Favors U.S. during War
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 9, 2002
Subjects: Russia
...histories," a notion first advanced in Alexis de Tocquevilles book "Democracy...young," vigorous, burly nations of America and Russia. An irritant in their relations...1855-1881) surely qualify. The czar pushed for liberalization of laws...
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Russia's Lebed Is Jewel Attraction
Newspaper article by Ann Geracimos; The Washington Times, November 25, 1996
Subjects: Lebed, Alexander, Russia
...country by Grand Duke Alexis of Russia. A balalaika band...Xenia, was a sister of Czar Nicholas II); former...America of Grand Duke Alexis, son of Czar Alexander II, was considered...had ended serfdom in Russia two years before President...
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Romanov Jewels, Portraits Make Dazzling Exhibit
Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, February 2, 1997
Subjects: Russia
...The flavor is very different here from the rest of the exhibit because Russia was controlled by the Russian Orthodox Church at the time. The second Romanov czar, Alexis Mikhailovich, was deeply religious and commissioned...
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Gem of the North; St. Petersburg Reclaims Its Glory as Russia's 'Window to the West'
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 27, 2003
Subjects: Pushkin, Alexander
...Petersburg. Photo by Corinna Lothar/Special to The Washington Times; The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood was built in the classic Russian style on the site where Czar Alexander II was killed in 1881. Photo by Corinna Lothar/Special to The Washington...
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Russian Ball: It's Traditional
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 17, 2003
...remember. Princess Alexis (Selene) Obolensky...dowager doyenne of a ritual featuring...God Save the Czar" and "Ochi Chornye...with the names of Russian emigre aristocratic...ball just because of a few ailments...would be very un-Russian, indeed, especially...even said, If Alexis can make it, we...
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encyclopedia articles on: Alexis Czar of Russia  - 14 results

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Alexis , Czar of Russia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALEXIS , czar of Russia lek sis (Aleksey Mikhailovich...and ended in 1667 with Russia retaining most of Ukraine. A serious revolt against the czar (1670) among the Don Cossacks...Razin was quelled by 1671. Alexis was succeeded by his son...
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Peter I , Czar of Russia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Great, 1672 1725, czar of Russia (1682 1725), major figure in the development of imperial Russia. Early Life Peter was the youngest child of Czar Alexis, by Alexiss second wife, Natalya Naryshkin. From Alexiss first marriage (with Maria Miloslavsky...
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Peter II , Czar of Russia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PETER II , czar of Russia 1715 30, czar of Russia (1727 30). A grandson of Peter I and the son of the czarevich Alexis, he succeeded on the death of Catherine I. He was too...
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Michael , Czar of Russia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Ivan IV. His election as czar, following successive appearances of false pretenders (see Dmitri...social and political chaos in Russia that had begun in the late 16th...Michael was succeeded by his son Alexis. ____________________ Copyright...
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Russia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...unanimously chose Michael Romanov as czar (see Michael ; reigned 1613...Romanov dynasty, which ruled Russia until 1917. Michael was succeeded by Alexis (reigned 1645 76), who gained...was not regarded as a member of the European community of nations...
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