CHAPTER XVIII.
THE REGENCY OF SOPHIA.
From 1680 to 1697.
Administration of Feodor .-- Death of Feodor .-- Incapacity of Ivan .-- Succession of Peter .-- Usurpation of Sophia .-- Insurrection of the Strelitzes .-- Massacre in Moscow .-- Success of the Insurrection .-- Ivan and Peter Declared Sovereigns under the Regency of Sophia .-- General Discontent .-- Conspiracy against Sophia .-- Her Flight to the Convent .-- The Conspiracy Quelled .-- New Conspiracy .-- Energy of Peter .-- He Assumes the Crown .-- Sophia Banished to a Convent .-- Commencement of the Reign of Peter..