father house death_date succession mother birth_place death_place burial_place religion birth_date image article_title reign
alexis i house of romanov 14 july 1704 regent of russia maria miloslavskaya moscow , russia novodevichy convent , russia archangel cathedral eastern orthodox 27 september 1657 sophia alekseyevna of russia.jpg sofia alekseyevna of russia
 8 jun 1682 -- 22 sept 1689
sofia alekseyevna of russia

sophia alekseyevna -lrb- ; -rrb- was regent of russia from 1682 to 1689 .
she allied herself with a singularly capable courtier and politician , prince vasily galitzine , to install herself during the minority of her brother ivan v and half-brother peter i .
her regency was carried out with a firm and heavy fist .
she did not hesitate to use violent tactics to promote her agenda .
the activity of this `` bogatyr-tsarevna '' -lrb- as sergey solovyov called her -rrb- was all the more extraordinary , as upper-class muscovite women , confined to the upper-floor `` terem '' and veiled and guarded in public , invariably were kept aloof from any open involvement in politics .
