Succeeded in 1654 in transferring the eastern part of the Ukraine from Polish to Russian sovereignity.
Russian rule had spread across Siberia (greatly extended Russia in terms of area) in the wake of trade and commercial expansion.
Michael had successfukky recaptured Novgorod from the Swedes in 1617.
Alexis failed in the Russo-Swedish war of 1656-61 to ragin the Gulf of Finland. Meant that Muscovy still had no access to the Baltic.
The seventeenth centurt tsars had failed to break through to the Black Sea in the south, despite attempts by Fedor III (1676-82) and Sophia (1682-9) to join with other powers in attacking Turkey.
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