Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin rani na 1689, Peter, sa'an nan shekaru 17, ya shirya ya dauki iko daga rabin 'yar'uwarsa Sophia, wanda matsayinsa ya raunana ta hanyar yakin basasa na Crimea guda biyu
a kan Crimean Khanate a cikin wani ƙoƙari na dakatar da Crimean Tatar hallaka hare-hare a Rasha ta kudancin ƙasashe. Lokacin da ta koyi game da tsare-tsarensa, Sophia ta yi makirci tare da wasu shugabannin Streltsy, waɗanda ke ci gaba da tayar da rikici da rashin yarda. Bitrus, wanda wasu daga cikin Streltsy suka yi gargadin, ya tsere a tsakiyar dare zuwa gidan sufi na Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra; a can a hankali ya tattara mabiya waɗanda suka fahimci cewa zai ci nasarar gwagwarmayar iko. Sophia daga baya aka hambarar da ita, tare da Peter I da Ivan V suna ci gaba da aiki a matsayin co-tsars. Peter ya tilasta wa Sophia ta shiga gidan zuhudu, inda ta yi watsi da sunanta da kuma matsayinta na 'yar gidan sarauta.