Till that time the local rulers wore the title of the Grand Prince of Moscow and Ivan was the first real ...
Till that time the local rulers wore the title of the Grand Prince of Moscow and Ivan was the first real Emperor (Tsar). There are many stories of his cruelty. On this day in 1547, Ivan IV the Terribl ...
One of the bloodiest episodes in the history of Russian emperors ended on this day. Namely, Tsar Ivan the ...
One of the bloodiest episodes in the history of Russian emperors ended on this day. Namely, Tsar Ivan the Terrible, in a quarrel, killed his own son Ivan Ivanovich. The 27-year-old was his eldest son ...