See Also: Fyodor I(encyclopedia)
Fyodor II(encyclopedia)
Fyodor III(encyclopedia)
Fyodor (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor(dictionary)
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (Mikhaylovich)(encyclopedia)

Fyodor III (sh)




Russian Fyodor Alekseyevich

born May 30, 1661, Moscow, Russia
died April 27, 1682, Moscow

Tsar of Russia (1676-82).

He ascended the throne on the death of his father, Alexis, but youth and poor health prevented him from actively participating in government. Various advisers dominated his administration, notably Vasily Golitsyn, who instituted military reforms, limited the power of the aristocracy, and fostered the development of Western culture. The childless Fyodor was succeeded by his brother Ivan V and half brother Peter I, for whose widespread reforms Fyodor's reign had laid the groundwork.