Well, in my TL (or my half of TL) I have three modernist Tsars in a row, due to Feodor III living longer with no accident that left him half-paralyzed in childhood, and basis of "Russian Meiji" societal reforms being set under his reign, thus when Peter I comes to throne (no Regency and two Tsars on the throne in this TL) he continues from the set basis not destroyed during his sister and mother's struggle for power.Now that is cool. I had no idea anyone was looking into agricultural science with that much depth back then, let alone in Russia! I'd thought the high level of development of agricultural sciences there was very much a later development.
It also confirms for me my belief that Alexis I is an under-rated Tsar.
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Many people look at awesomeness of Peter I and forget that he was what he became due to ambitions and tendencies set by his father, so Alexis I is quire underrated.