Slide 1Slide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8A NEW DYNASTYA NEW DYNASTYTHE 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 benefitedA NEW DYNASTYTHE END OF THE TROUBLESBut not everyone benefited Boyars: numbers reduced, now tied in service to tsar Common people: continued to lose freedoms & be subjugatedA NEW DYNASTYREIGN OF MIKHAIL I (1613-1645)Assumed power over devastated country Worked with Zemskii Sobor & Boyar Duma Dominated by father, Patriarch Filaret Set out stabilizing & rebuildingA NEW DYNASTYREIGN OF ALEXEI (1645-1676)Old crises, new problems, accomplishments Revolt in 1648 Administrative reform: ULOZHENIE (1649) Stenka (Stepan) Razin uprising (1667-1671) Control of UkraineA NEW DYNASTYTHE CHURCHPower of Church grew with MuscovyImportant unifying force during Time of TroublesA NEW DYNASTYRASKOL: THE SCHISM Patriarch Nikon  calls for return to authentic Byzantine ritual stirs major oppositionA NEW DYNASTYRASKOL: 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