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 name wouldn’t be ...

The oprichnina was the creation of a “state ... Though Ivan has become commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, there has never been total agreement about his legacy. Some argue that the moniker ...

about 3,000-7,000 people were assassinated on the Russian Tsar’s orders during the period of oprichnina (a state policy implemented by Ivan the Terrible between 1565 and 1572, named after the ...