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Feodor III

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Feodor III, 1661–82, czar of Russia (1676–82), son and successor of Alexis Alexis (əlĕk`sĭs)
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. Although an invalid, Feodor strove to carry out reforms. In 1681 he abolished the system of precedence among the boyar boyars (bōyärz`), upper nobility in Russia from the 10th through the 17th cent.
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 families, whereby appointments in civil and military service were based on social rank rather than on merit. He was succeeded jointly by his brother Ivan V Ivan V, 1666–96, czar of Russia (1682–96), son of Czar Alexis by his first wife. Ivan was mentally retarded, and on the death of his elder brother, Feodor III , his succession was opposed by the supporters of his half brother, Peter I (Peter the Great).
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 and his half brother Peter I Peter I or Peter the Great, 1672–1725, czar of Russia (1682–1725), major figure in the development of imperial Russia.

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 under the regency of his sister Sophia Alekseyevna Sophia Alekseyevna (sô`fyə əlyĭksyā`yəvnə)
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