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Russia's Worst Tsar

Wielding completely unchecked power, Ivan brought Russia to the brink of ruin—but that doesn't even scratch the surface of just how bad things got. Read on and find out how this infamous Tsar got his ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Ivan the Terrible, the Czar and Grand Prince of Russia, Wouldn’t Earn His Violent Nickname Until Years After His Reign

The Oprichniki by Nikolai Nevrev (1888). The painting shows the last minutes of one of the aristocratic elite taken out by Ivan IV. Wikimedia Commons Ivan IV Vasilyevich was just a teenager when he ...