Already during the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich, and then under Fyodor Alekseevich and during the regency of Sophia, moderate reforms were carried out, characterized in that they did not decisively break with the past. This is strikingly different from what Peter the Great, the author of a more radical version of reforms, proposed to the country during his reign. In 1695, the Moscow army moved to the Sea of Azov, which blocked the way to the Sea of Azov. However, it was not possible to take the fortress...