— St. Petersburg: in Tip. H. Ginze, 1834, 1835. [5], VII, [6], 122, [9], VI, 162 Cover: Hardcover; Format: Standard. In this historical study, the king is depicted as a 'monarch visionary, active and merciful'. However, the reign of Tsar Fedor Alekseevich was very brief, on April 27, 1682, he died. After the death of Fedor Alekseevich, the Tsar had to be elected, because there was no law of the established succession to the throne. The throne was to be inherited by Ivan Alekseevich, but, since he was in poor health, the supporters of the Naryshkins proclaimed Peter the Tsar. However, Miloslavsky, relatives of the first wife of Alexei Mikhailovich, did not accept this and provoked a shooting riot, during which a ten-year-old Peter witnessed a brutal massacre of people close to him. Ten-year-old Peter in 1682 experienced a number of difficult moments for the child. He saw a riot of archers, old Matveev, they say, the archers pulled out of his hands, he saw rivers of blood, his mother and he himself was in danger of dying every minute. The feeling of dislike for Miloslavsky turned into hatred when Peter learned how much they were guilty of the Strelets movements. With hatred he treated the Strelets, calling them the seed of Ivan Mikhailovich Miloslavsky.