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Sep 25, 2013 · It is said that a picture speaks a thousand words. In the case of Vicktor Vansnetsov’s Portrait of Ivan, painted 313 years after he had died, it is clear that Ivan’s terrible reputation preceded him. Yet by other accounts he was a man who was deeply religious and expanded Russia’s cultural heritage. The Iconic St Basil Cathedral with it ...
Nov 18, 2022 · Ivan IV, known as Grozny – usually translated as ‘the Terrible’, although ‘the Dread’ or even ‘the Awesome’ are more accurate – was at once the maker of the Russian state and almost its breaker. Although the public image is shaped by his latter years, as he descended into violent and paranoid madness, the first part of his sixteenth-century reign was marked by the foundation of many of the institutions of today’s Russian state.
May 18, 2018 · Ivan the Terrible of Russia (1530-1584) While Russia’s first tsar deserved the bloody reputation he garnered, he also forged a mighty nation state, instituting a central administration and building the iconic St Basil Cathedral. Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603)
Apr 24, 2019 · The Tsar of the time was a man called Ivan, who later became famous as Ivan the Terrible. With him, the merchants forged a commercial relationship with Russia and that was the first time there had been direct English-Russian trade relations for 500 years, since the days of William the Conqueror and Harold.
Oct 4, 2016 · A page from Richard III’s Book of Hours. At the root of Richard’s public and private life was a genuine, if conventional, piety. He made more religious endowments than any other Medieval king. He regarded York as his ‘capital’ and the Minster was the major recipient of his generosity.
Jul 5, 2018 · After all, there was no blood. Near Ankara, Bayezid met Timur’s army on 20 July 1402 for a dramatic showdown. Timur was a shrewd tactician, so he circumvented Bayezid and attacked his army from behind. After a short battle, the sultan was captured and dragged back to Samarkand kicking and screaming.
Jul 13, 2018 · With her head held high, she moves with majesty towards the guillotine. The time is 12.15pm when she rests her neck upon the block. The blade is released, and in a moment the illustrious and terrible life of the most hated woman in France is ended. Since her birth, Marie Antoinette had been primed and prepped to become a queen.
Sep 26, 2014 · 3. Choosing the wrong allies. This mistake was down almost entirely to Hitler’s own ideologies and racist beliefs. Hitler chose to ally closely with Italy due to his and Mussolini’s shared beliefs, but this ended up being disastrous to his war effort. Germany had to step in to clean up Italy’s mess in North Africa, Greece and Yugoslavia.
Sep 5, 2018 · England and Wales company registration number 2008885. From Stalin to Kim il-Sung, discover 10 of the most notorious Communist tyrants of the 20th century.
Nov 3, 2015 · Issue 22’s Frontline follows history’s greatest ever military campaign, in the all-conquering march to the east. Noel Chavasse was the only soldier of the Great War to receive two Victoria Crosses, the most prestigious medal for valour. Follow his unbelievable story serving as a medical officer in the maw of the Western Front.
