Editing Ivan V of Russia (section)

==Tsar and co-ruler==
On 25 June 1682, less than two months after the death of Feodor III, Ivan and Peter were crowned in the [[Cathedral of the Dormition]] as co-Tsars. A [[Regalia of the Russian tsars#Tsars' regalia 1660s-1680s|special throne]] with two seats was commissioned for the occasion (now on display in the [[Kremlin Armoury]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Ivan V Alexeevich|url=http://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/exhibitions/virtual-exhibitions.regalii-russkikh-tsarey/ivan-v-alekseevich/|website=www.kreml.ru|access-date=2017-11-03|language=en-Us}}</ref> While Ivan was 16 years old at this time, his co-ruler [[Peter the Great|Peter I]] was only 10. Ivan was considered the "senior tsar", but actual power was wielded by [[Sophia Alekseyevna]], Ivan's full sister and Peter's half-sister, for the next seven years.
[[File:Ivan_V_by_anonim_(GIM).jpg|thumb|Portrait of Ivan V]]

Sophia was always considerate of Ivan, although she is never known to have consulted him on any important matter. She was anxious that every outward sign of respect and deference be paid to Ivan, which was a subtle way of undermining the influence of Peter's faction in court. Thus, every wish or opinion expressed by Ivan was deferred to, and his general prestige in court remained intact during the years of Sophia's regency. As Peter grew up, he and his faction, led by his mother's Naryshkin family, contended with Regent Sophia for influence and power. Indeed, Sophia is blamed (perhaps unfairly, as a tactic of defamation) for the murders of Peter's uncles on his mother's side of the family. Due to this and other factors, tension arose between the factions of the two co-tsars.

Ivan being both incapable and uninterested, Peter came into his own and functioned as though he were the sole tsar. The eventual result was that, over time, the outward signs of deference and power which Ivan had enjoyed during the regency slowly withered away, and he became a non-entity in the Russian court. For the last decade of his life, Ivan was completely overshadowed by the more energetic Peter I. He spent his days with his wife, [[Praskovia Saltykova]], caring about little but "fasting and praying, day and night".