in international affairs, fedor ii strengthened the borders in the west and east and signed the peace the left bank of the dnieper with kiev. by the way, it was under him that young boyars began to shave beard and wear western dress. fyodor alekseevich was not distinguished by cruelty, he commuted criminal penalties, although he did not spare the schismatic old believers, but the young sovereign was in poor health. sometimes he moved only on a stretcher, perhaps he was ill. tsenga died at the age of 20. he is called a forgotten ruler, eclipsed by his younger half-brother, peter the great, but this is unfair. fyodor alekseevich anticipated peter's reforms in many ways, laid the foundation for them and did a lot in just 6 years of rule. january 29, 1913 year, the famous painting by ilya repin, ivan the terrible and his son. cut with a garden knife, it was done by twenty-eight-year-old iconographer, old believer abram balashov. the painting was created 30 years earlier. immediately shocked the audience with its realistic image. alexander ii banned its display, but the ban was lifted, wha