The fact that Ivan must share the title of Tsar with Peter causes an uproar in the family and Ivan’s sister, Sophia Alekseyevna, leads a rebellion to fight the choice of Peter as Tsar. Ivan is next in line to the throne, as the oldest remaining son from Alexis’ first marriage, but like his brother, he is not in good health. However, Fyodor is an invalid and dies when Peter is 10, leaving Peter to reluctantly inherit the throne and become co-tsar with his elder half-brother Ivan V. When Tsar Alexis passes away in 1675, his son from his first marriage, Fyodor, inherits the throne. The biography begins with a description of the early days of Moscow under the inefficient reign of Tsar Alexis during the 1670s, and the birth of his son Peter in 1672. Although long in length, this epic work’s use of vigorous detail echoes the same attention and ruthless passion that Peter the Great devoted to his country. In five parts, "Old Muscovy," "The Great Embassy," "The Great Northern War," "On the European Stage," and "The New Russia,” the book outlines the important historical events that changed Russia’s destiny. Massie about the fascinating and tumultuous life of Peter the Great, the Russian Tsar responsible for bringing medieval Russia into modernity during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Peter the Great: His Life and World, published in 1981, is the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography by Robert K.
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