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Article: Ivan IV, "The Terrible" (Russia) (1530–1584; Ruled 1533–1584)
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IVAN IV, "THE TERRIBLE" (RUSSIA) (1530
–
1584; ruled 1533
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1584)
IVAN IV, "THE TERRIBLE" (RUSSIA)
(1530
–
1584; ruled 1533
–
1584), grand prince of Muscovy and, from 1547, first tsar of Russia. The early achievements of Ivan IV Vasil'evich, known as "the Terrible," were clouded by failure in war and repression at home in his later years. The son of Grand Prince Vasilii III and Princess Elena Glinskaia, Ivan was only three when his father died. His mother led a regency with Prince Ivan Telepnev-Obolenskii, but on her death in 1538, a boyar regency took over and proved to be dominated by vicious factional struggles. At first the princes Shuiskii ousted Obolenskii ...