Wikimedia Commons Ivan IV Vasilyevich was just a teenager when he was crowned czar and grand prince of all Russia on January 16, 1547. Today, Ivan is better known as Ivan the Terrible, though the ...

Here, Express.co.uk explores how Putin and others in Russia were inspired by the first Tsar and Grand Prince of Moscow whose antics earned him the nickname Ivan the Terrible. Tsar Ivan IV earned ...

In 1547, Ivan IV (1530-1584), archduke of Moscow, crowns himself Tsar of Russia and sets about reclaiming lost Russian territory. In scenes of his coronation, his wedding to Anastasia, his ...

Ivan IV tried to abdicate ... He also decreed the creation of the oprichnina, a vast portion of Russia where he could rule with absolute power. Backed by his own personal guard, the Oprichniki ...

Russian revisionism The post-Soviet rehabilitation of Ivan the Terrible goes back to the writings of Ivan Snychov, the metropolitan, or high ranking bishop, of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga. His ...

1547 - Grand Prince Ivan IV of Moscow (Ivan the Terrible) is the first ruler to be proclaimed Tsar of Russia. 1689-1725 - Peter the Great introduces far-reaching reforms. 1798-1815 - Russia takes ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Beginning in September 2025, Russian middle and high school students will be handed a new textbook titled “My Family.” Published in March 2025, the textbook’s co-author ...