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| − | '''Ivan IV''' (1530-1584) was the first [[Tsar]] of [[Russia]], he was called "the terrible", which back then, meant "extraordinary" or "awesome". He reigned from 1533 to 1547. He only lost two wars, which were the Livonian War and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth War. He did not hit or kill his son in spite of a public relations myth coming from senior Jesuit Antonio Possevino, and like his wives, his son was poisoned according to forensic experts in 1963. At the time his son died, Ivan IV was paralyzed in the last years of his life. Ivan IV always loved his architect who built the Saint Basil’s Cathedral, and it has not been confirmed that he blinded him. | + | '''Ivan IV''' (1530-1584) was the first [[Tsar]] of [[Russia]], he was called "the terrible", which back then, meant "extraordinary" or "awesome". He reigned from 1533 to 1547. He only lost two wars, which were the Livonian War and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth War. He did not hit or kill his son in spite of a public relations myth coming from senior Jesuit Antonio Possevino, and like his wives, his son was poisoned according to forensic experts in 1963. At the time his son died, Ivan IV was paralyzed in the last years of his life. Ivan IV always loved his architect who built the Saint Basil’s Cathedral, and it has not been confirmed that he blinded him.(Russian)</ref><ref>[https://историк.рф/journal/убивал-ли-иван-грозный-своего-сына/](Russian)</ref> Andrei Kurbsky wanted to overthrow Ivan IV by joining the Polish army. There was no massacre at Novgorod, in which 27,000 people resided, even though western historians claim that 200,000 were killed while it was only 1,500. The Oprichnina was a bit excessive, as Metropolitan Phillip got martyred. <ref>http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20180109.html.</ref><ref>http://www.holyresurrection.us/Saintsoftheday/January.html</ref> Ivan was succeeded by his son, [[Feodor]]. |
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Revision as of 06:17, September 16, 2018
Ivan IV (1530-1584) was the first Tsar of Russia, he was called "the terrible", which back then, meant "extraordinary" or "awesome". He reigned from 1533 to 1547. He only lost two wars, which were the Livonian War and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth War. He did not hit or kill his son in spite of a public relations myth coming from senior Jesuit Antonio Possevino, and like his wives, his son was poisoned according to forensic experts in 1963. At the time his son died, Ivan IV was paralyzed in the last years of his life. Ivan IV always loved his architect who built the Saint Basil’s Cathedral, and it has not been confirmed that he blinded him.(Russian)</ref>[1] Andrei Kurbsky wanted to overthrow Ivan IV by joining the Polish army. There was no massacre at Novgorod, in which 27,000 people resided, even though western historians claim that 200,000 were killed while it was only 1,500. The Oprichnina was a bit excessive, as Metropolitan Phillip got martyred. [2][3] Ivan was succeeded by his son, Feodor.
References
External links
- Ivan IV, at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Ivan IV, "The Terrible" (Russia) (1530–1584; Ruled 1533–1584), at Encyclopedia.com
- Biography, at Biography.com
