Tsar Fyodor Alekseevich, elder brother of Peter the Great. Bogdanov A.P.

The book of Andrei Bogdanov is an attempt to return the Russian history of the king of the transformer that she forgot, Fyodor Alekseevich, the prison brother of Peter the Great, occupied the throne for a little more than six years. There is a common opinion about his inability to independently rule, since, like all the sons of Alexei Mikhailovich from Maria Miloslavskaya, he suffered from a hereditary ailment. But this does not mean that the brilliantly educated Fedor Alekseevich was a weak king. He canceled the localism, reformed the army, setting a single system of ranks (generally preserved hitherto!), Reorganized the state apparatus, conducted a census of the population, established a single taxation, introduced a European dress at court, founded the first houses of charity, issued interest -free loans for stone construction, and approved The principles of organizing university in Moscow, etc. - in a word, created at least the ground for reforms, which will later become inseparable on behalf of his younger brother.