Feodor III survives

Some interesting Russian language threads on topic: http://alternativa.borda.ru/?1-12-0-00000227-000-10001-0-1189869331
http://wap.alternativahist.borda.ru/?1-10-90-00000052-000-10001-0
http://wap.alternativahist.borda.ru/?1-10-60-00000060-000-0-0-1266821041
A thread when Ilya Feodorovich survives, while his father dies at roughly the OTL timeframe: http://wap.alternativahist.borda.ru/?1-10-60-00000105-000-10001-0
Two more modern threads with me as active participant: http://fai.org.ru/forum/topic/37603-tsar-fedor-reformator/?page=1
http://fai.org.ru/forum/topic/36312-tsar-fedor-alekseevich-lyubitel-svezhih-ovoshhey/

Rather fun read for @alexmilman, though I'd recommend to read Bogdanov's book to him (it is available online) to avoid "pouring stuff from void to empty place".
 
Maybe not THAT much different - after all, Feodor was a fan of mock armies (he and his retinue had wargames at Vorobievy gory etc) as well, and it was HE who introduced Peter to amusement armies. With a phrase "Царям смолоду надо к войне приучаться"/"Tsars should learn the art of war since youth", no less. If there was such a huge a risk, he'd go along with his uncle's proposal to exile the Tsarevich.

"Потешные" had been created in 1682 when Peter was 10 years old and Feodor died in the same year. The game started being serious and their numbers grew up significantly only from 1685 and Feodor could not foresee these developments.

It is also arguable that many of Peter's behavior quirks were caused by childhood traumas of 1682, absent TTL. So his temper may not be as unpredicable TTL, at least in "not biting the hand that feeds him" (though this is not to be said about his family).
What Peter's personality would be like with no 1682 Khovanchina and with close supervision, is a guess. Not as psychotic as OTL, that's a given.

Yes, this is a popular theory fitting well into the modern "it is always somebody else's fault" trend. We can guess this or that way but "Peter who is not Peter" scenario removes all known facts from the picture.
 
"Потешные" had been created in 1682 when Peter was 10 years old and Feodor died in the same year. The game started being serious and their numbers grew up significantly only from 1685 and Feodor could not foresee these developments.
So, the development remains controlled TTL, that's a given. The weird factor in the picture is the second wife of Feodor, who in OTL lobbied for return of Artamon Matveev to the court.
 
Some interesting Russian language threads on topic: http://alternativa.borda.ru/?1-12-0-00000227-000-10001-0-1189869331
http://wap.alternativahist.borda.ru/?1-10-90-00000052-000-10001-0
http://wap.alternativahist.borda.ru/?1-10-60-00000060-000-0-0-1266821041
A thread when Ilya Feodorovich survives, while his father dies at roughly the OTL timeframe: http://wap.alternativahist.borda.ru/?1-10-60-00000105-000-10001-0
Two more modern threads with me as active participant: http://fai.org.ru/forum/topic/37603-tsar-fedor-reformator/?page=1
http://fai.org.ru/forum/topic/36312-tsar-fedor-alekseevich-lyubitel-svezhih-ovoshhey/

Rather fun read for @alexmilman, though I'd recommend to read Bogdanov's book to him (it is available online) to avoid "pouring stuff from void to empty place".

Can you give author's full name or book's title? Thanks
 
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