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astrakhan
Author_Kazimierz Waliszewski
burning of moscow
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conquest of siberia
despot
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grand prince of moscow and all russia
ivan iv vasilyevich
ivan ivanovich
ivan the terrible
kazan
livonian war
massacre of novgorod
opichniki
orthodox church
ottoman empire
purgess
russia
russian standing army
russian tsar
tatars
tsar of russia
tyrant
zemsky sobor
Product details
- ISBN 9781845880804
- Weight: 600g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 30 May 2006
- Publisher: Nonsuch Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Ivan was a man of huge contradictions - a man of God who personally tortured his victims and beat his own son to death; a despot who often behaved like a coward; a man who believed himself chosen to save the souls of his people, but who brutally put thousands to death in carefully orchestrated purges. Yet in Russia, many still see him as a national hero, the Tsar who expanded the Russian empire, who fostered mercantile relations with Western Europe, and who strengthened the Orthodox Church's position in Russia as never before. This fascinating account winds through these contradictory views and paints a remarkable portrait of one of history's most fascinating characters.
