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Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia

1657 - 1704

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Sophia Alekseyevna (Russian: Со́фья Алексе́евна, IPA: [ˈsofʲjə ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvnə]; 27 September [O.S. 17 September] 1657 – 14 July [O.S. 3 July] 1704) was a Russian princess who ruled as regent of Russia from 1682 to 1689. She allied herself with a singularly capable courtier and politician, Prince Vasily Golitsyn, to install herself during the minority of her brother Ivan V and half-brother Peter I. She carried out her regency with a firm hand. The activity of this "bogatyr-tsarevna", as Sergey Solovyov called her, was all the more extraordinary, as upper-class Muscovite women were confined to the upper-floor terem, veiled and guarded in public, and invariably kept aloof from any open involvement in politics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia is the 2,699th most popular politician (down from 1,883rd in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 182nd in 2019) and the 74th most popular Russian Politician.

Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia was the daughter of Tsar Alexei and sister of Tsar Peter the Great. She is best known for being the first woman to rule Russia in her own right.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia ranks 2,699 out of 19,576. Before her are Yanis Varoufakis, François Darlan, Ladislaus of Naples, Cleomenes I, Quirinius, and Karolos Papoulias. After her are Otto Strasser, Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Mariano Rajoy, Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, John, Prince of Asturias, and Barsine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1657, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia ranks 3. Before her are Frederick I of Prussia, and Emeric Thököly. After her are Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Sambhaji, Michel Richard Delalande, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Francesco Solimena, Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Friedrich Wilhelm III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Arai Hakuseki, and Guido Starhemberg. Among people deceased in 1704, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia ranks 6. Before her are John Locke, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Guillaume de l'Hôpital, and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber. After her are Georg Muffat, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Jean-Baptiste Denys, Charles Plumier, Isabella Leonarda, and Selim I Giray.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia ranks 232 out of 3,761. Before her are Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797), The French Angel (1903), Gherman Titov (1935), Viktor Zubkov (1941), Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828), and Maya Plisetskaya (1925). After her are Nikolay Basov (1922), Gennady Zyuganov (1944), Stenka Razin (1630), Pharnaces II of Pontus (-95), Mykola Azarov (1947), and Michel Fokine (1880).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia ranks 74. Before her are Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875), Mikhail Suslov (1902), Vasily Blokhin (1895), Vasily I of Moscow (1371), Gustav Bauer (1870), and Viktor Zubkov (1941). After her are Gennady Zyuganov (1944), Pharnaces II of Pontus (-95), Mykola Azarov (1947), Sergey Shoygu (1955), Gennady Yanayev (1937), and Anastasia Romanovna (1530).

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