Sof'ya Alekseevna

Japanese: ソフィア･アレクセーエブナ（英語表記）Sof’ya Alekseevna

1657‐1704
Daughter of Alexei Mikhailovich, the second Tsar of the Romanov dynasty of Russia. Dissatisfied with the accession of her infant half-brother Peter I (1682) to the throne after her elder brother Fyodor III, she established her younger brother Ivan (V) alongside Peter in a palace revolution and ruled in the name of the two Tsars. However, in 1689 she was defeated by Peter's supporters and confined to the Novozhevichiy Monastery. In 1698, there was a movement to support her, so she was made a nun and spent the rest of her life there. She was a sort of enemy of Peter I, and is often seen only in that light, but she was highly educated for a Russian woman of her time, and with the help of her favorite, Prince Vasilii V. Golitsyn (1643-1714), who was also one of the most cultured people of the time, she worked hard to reform the country and strengthen relations with the Western countries.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1657‐1704
ロシアのロマノフ朝第2代の皇帝アレクセイ･ミハイロビチの娘。兄フョードル3世のあと幼少の異母弟ピョートル1世の即位(1682)を不満とし，宮廷革命で実弟イワン(5世)を併立させ，2人の皇帝の名で政治を行ったが，1689年ピョートル支持派との対立に敗れてノボジェビーチー修道院に閉じこめられた。98年には彼女を擁立する動きがあったため尼僧にされ，生涯を終えた。ピョートル1世のいわば敵役で，その面だけでみられがちであるが，当時のロシア婦人としては高度の教育をうけ，当代随一の教養人でもあった寵臣ゴリツィン公Vasilii V.Golitsyn(1643‐1714)の協力で国内改革と西方諸国との関係強化に努めた。

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