The new volume of the “Great Great Rulers” tells about the first crowned by the Russian Tsar John IV Vasilyevich, nicknamed the Terrible (1530-1584), a contradictory and even frightening. One of the most educated people of his time, erudite, a spiritual writer, a skilled politician and an extraordinary strategist – and at the same time: a bloody tyrant who plunged the country into a deadly whirlwind of total terror; A crazy monster, who killed his own son with his own hands and enjoyed the contemplation of sophisticated torture.
During the reign of Ivan the Terrible, Russia gained international weight: the first Zemsky cathedral was held in Moscow; Stogg was created; The kingdoms of Kazan and Astrakhan were submitted, Siberia was attached; trade with Britain, Persia, Central Asia has begun; The first printing house is open; Arkhangelsk, Kungur and Ufa were built; The Don Cossacks were formed; The famous Church of the Intercession in memory of the conquest of the Kazan kingdom, a symbol of Moscow, no less known in the world than the Moscow Kremlin, was erected. And n …
Author
Terrible John
Editor
Tereshina M.
Translator
Lurie Y. S., Babanin Sergey Vladimirovich
Publisher
Eksmo, 2013
Series
Gift publications. Great rulers
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