Natalya Naryshkina

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Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina (Russian: Ната́лья Кири́лловна Нары́шкина; 1 September 1651 – 4 February 1694) was Tsaritsa of Russia from 1671 to 1676 as the second wife of Tsar Alexis I of Russia, and twice regent of Russia as the mother of Tsar Peter the Great. She first became regent during the minority of her son Peter on 7 May 1682, but was swiftly deposed as regent by her step-daughter Sophia Alekseyevna on 15 May 1682. After Sophia was herself deposed in August 1689, Natalya Naryshkina was reinstated as regent. Her second regency lasted until her death in 1694.

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