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2 days ago · Ivan the Terrible had murdered his eldest son, Ivan, in a fit of rage in 1581, and his only surviving legitimate heir, Fyodor, was mentally unfit to succeed him. Power passed to those who were at Ivan’s deathbed, among whom Boris Godunov , who had capped a rapid rise in court circles with the marriage of his sister Irina to Fyodor, soon ...
Sep 9, 2024 · Ivan the Terrible (1530–1584) is, for most of our contemporaries, a symbol of Russian history in the 16th century—a period when the separate lands and principalities of Northeast Rus were being united into a single Muscovite state, raising questions about how, by what means, and in what form this process would take place.
Sep 9, 2024 · Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the Terrible, was the first Tsar of Russia who ruled with a complex and violent personality, expanding the Russian Empire and leaving a lasting impact on its history.
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Sep 18, 2024 · Orphaned in childhood and treated abusively by higher-ranking Boyars, Tzar Ivan was a mercurial ruler who committed his first murder at age 13. Examine Ivan’s fateful division of the Russian...
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2 days ago · Ivan’s victory marked the rise of an independent, authoritarian Russian state which he passed on to his grandson, Ivan IV (‘The Terrible’). While Ivan IV expanded Muscovy’s rule by wiping ...
Sep 1, 2024 · Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Russian: Ива́н Четвёртый, Васи́льевич) , Ivan Chetvyorty, Vasilyevich, known in English as Ivan the Terrible (Russian: Ива́н Гро́зный , Ivan Grozny). Tsar of All Russia: Reign 3. December 1533 – 28 March [O.S. 18 March] 1584 Coronation 16. January 1547. Links: The Peerage.
1 day ago · Russia - Time of Troubles, Ivan IV, Dynastic Crisis: In the period from 1606 to 1613, during the so-called Time of Troubles, chaos gripped most of central Muscovy; Muscovite boyars, Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian Cossacks, and assorted mobs of adventurers and desperate citizens were among the chief actors.
