Ivan the Terrible

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Czar Ivan IV (1530-1584), the primary Russian ruler to take the title czar, is referred to as one of the crucial worst tyrants in history, but few people among most of the people understand how he were given such an infamous reputation. Relying on extensive research based heavily on original Russian sources, this definitive biography depicts an incredibly complex man living in a time of simple, harsh realities. Robert Payne, the celebrated writer of many historical and biographical works, and Russian scholar Nikita Romanoff, describe in vivid and full of life detail Ivan’s callous upbringing; the poisoning of his second wife and the murder of his son; his obsession with religion and sin; his predilection for mass murder, evidenced by his massacre of 30,000 citizens of Novgorod; yet his remarkable intelligence as a ruler, supporting the expansion of trade and expanding Russia’s borders.

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