1676-1682 Tsar of Russia.
During his short reign, Fyodor III continued the social and state reforms that had been initiated by his father and grandfather.
Background
Lived: 1661-1682.
Fyodor III was the third son of tsar Alexey I and Maria Miloslavskaya. He had a fine intellect and was educated by the Slavonic monk Simeon Polotsky. He spoke Latin and Polish fluently and even wrote poetry. Unfortunately, he was disfigured and partially paralyzed by a mysterious illness, possibly scurvy.
Reign
As a ruler, he was extremely weak-willed and was completely dominated by his maternal relatives of the Miloslavsky family.
His most important reform was the abolition of the place priority (“Mestnichestvo”) system. Under this system, all civil and military services officials had been appointed by the tsar on the basis of social rank, rather than skill.
His biggest foreign policy success was the halting of the expansionism of the Turkish Ottoman Empire in 1681.
Death
Fyodor III died childless without having named an heir.
Fyodor III
1676-1682 Tsar of Russia.
During his short reign, Fyodor III continued the social and state reforms that had been initiated by his father and grandfather.
Background
Lived: 1661-1682.
Fyodor III was the third son of tsar Alexey I and Maria Miloslavskaya. He had a fine intellect and was educated by the Slavonic monk Simeon Polotsky. He spoke Latin and Polish fluently and even wrote poetry. Unfortunately, he was disfigured and partially paralyzed by a mysterious illness, possibly scurvy.
Reign
As a ruler, he was extremely weak-willed and was completely dominated by his maternal relatives of the Miloslavsky family.
His most important reform was the abolition of the place priority (“Mestnichestvo”) system. Under this system, all civil and military services officials had been appointed by the tsar on the basis of social rank, rather than skill.
His biggest foreign policy success was the halting of the expansionism of the Turkish Ottoman Empire in 1681.
Death
Fyodor III died childless without having named an heir.
Sophia Alexeyevna