Alexei Mikhailovich was born in 1629. He was the son of Michael Romanov the first dynasty which was to rule Russia until 1917. He became Tsar of Russia in 1645 at the age of 16 when his father died. Alexei’s reign was plagued by many popular revolts, including the one in southeastern Russia under the Cossack leader Stenka Razin. He dealt with civil revolts in the cities of Pskov, Novgorod, and Moscow. Even though Alexei suppressed the uprisings, he took steps to advance administration and justice in order to silence the general discontent. He introduced a new legal code in 1649, which tied the peasants even more closely to the land and their landlords. He presided over renewed Russian expansion, but in a non violent manner. Alexei’s ecclesiastical reforms led to the great schism within the Russian church. Alexei was married twice, first to Maria Miloslavskii and after her death to Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina. Alexei died suddenly in 1676 in Moscow at the age of 47. Six daughters and three sons survived him.
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