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A NEW DYNASTY. A NEW DYNASTY. THE END OF THE TROUBLES New Tsar chosen by Zemskii Sobor: MIKHAIL ROMANOV Restoration of order & rebuilding of monarchy & society Triumph of autocracy Increased centralization Church gained authority Service gentry benefited. A NEW DYNASTY.
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A NEW DYNASTY • THE END OF THE TROUBLES • New Tsar chosen by Zemskii Sobor: MIKHAIL ROMANOV • Restoration of order & rebuilding of monarchy & society • Triumph of autocracy • Increased centralization • Church gained authority • Service gentry benefited
A NEW DYNASTY • THE END OF THE TROUBLES • But not everyone benefited • Boyars: numbers reduced, now tied in service to tsar • Common people: continued to lose freedoms & be subjugated
A NEW DYNASTY • REIGN OF MIKHAIL I (1613-1645) • Assumed power over devastated country • Worked with Zemskii Sobor & Boyar Duma • Dominated by father, Patriarch Filaret • Set out stabilizing & rebuilding
A NEW DYNASTY • REIGN OF ALEXEI (1645-1676) • Old crises, new problems, accomplishments • Revolt in 1648 • Administrative reform: ULOZHENIE (1649) • Stenka (Stepan) Razin uprising (1667-1671) • Control of Ukraine
A NEW DYNASTY • THE CHURCH • Power of Church grew with Muscovy • Important unifying force during Time of Troubles
A NEW DYNASTY • RASKOL: THE SCHISM • Patriarch Nikon • calls for return to authentic Byzantine ritual • stirs major opposition
A NEW DYNASTY • RASKOL: THE SCHISM • Causes break in Church • Church Council of 1667 affirms Nikon’s “corrections” • Old Believers break away • Archpriest Avvakum burned at stake, followers persecuted “Boyarina Morozova Arrested for her Beliefs”