Sofia Alekseyevna.
Good day to you,my friends.I was born on 27th September 1651,I was the daughter of Tsar Aleksey and his first wife Maria Miloslavskaya.I had a very active mind and convinced my father to allow me to share lessons with my sick brother Feodor,heir to the Russian throne.My father also had two other sons,Ivan,who was an invalid and blind,and Peter,the son he had from his second wife Nataliya Naryshkina.
I showed outstanding intelligence,energy and ambition,and I was a well-educated woman.As I grew older,I began to attend council meeting,and even shared my ideas and advice on state matters.In 1676,my father died.My sick brother became tsar Feodor III and I became his chief adviser.However,my brother didn't occupy the throne for long.He died in 1682,aged only 20.Supported by the streltsy(semi regular military units in Moscow),I seized power shortly after Feodor's death and I was proclamed regent during the minority of my brother,Ivan V,and of my half-brother,Peter I(Peter the Great),who reigned jointly.I wished to be crowned tsarina in my own right,but I lacked sufficient support among the nobility and clergy.
The most considerable actions of my government in foreign policy were the peace treaty with Poland in 1686,the Treaty of Nercinsk with China in 1689,and entry into war with Turkey and the Crimean Khanate.