Sofia Alekseyevna of Russia (died 1704)

Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia

Russian tsarevna (1657–1704)

Sophia Alekseyevna 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…