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| − | '''Ivan IV''' (1530-1584) was the first [[Tsar]] of [[Russia]], he was called "the terrible", which back then, meant "extraordinary" or "awesome". He reigned from 1533 to 1547. The west hated him since he never lost a war. He did not hit or kill his son in spite of a public relations myth coming from senior Jesuit Antonio Possevino, and like his wives, his son was poisoned according to forensic experts in 1963, as he was even paralyzed in his last four years. (Russian)<ref>https://xn--h1aagokeh.xn--p1ai/journal/убивал-ли-иван-грозный-своего-сына/</ | + | '''Ivan IV''' (1530-1584) was the first [[Tsar]] of [[Russia]], he was called "the terrible", which back then, meant "extraordinary" or "awesome". He reigned from 1533 to 1547. The west hated him since he never lost a war. He did not hit or kill his son in spite of a public relations myth coming from senior Jesuit Antonio Possevino, and like his wives, his son was poisoned according to forensic experts in 1963, as he was even paralyzed in his last four years. (Russian)<ref>https://xn--h1aagokeh.xn--p1ai/journal/убивал-ли-иван-грозный-своего-сына/</ref>. Andrei Kurbsky wanted to overthrow Ivan IV by joining the Polish army. There was no massacre at Novgorod, in which 27,000 people resided, even though western historians claim that 200,000 were killed while it was only 1,500. At the time his son died, Ivan IV was paralyzed in the last years of his life. However, he did get Metropolitan Philip II of Moscow martyred after he criticized the excessiveness of the Oprichnina.<ref>http://www.holyresurrection.us/Saintsoftheday/January.html</ref> Ivan was succeeded by his son, [[Feodor]]. |
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Revision as of 16:18, September 12, 2018
Ivan IV (1530-1584) was the first Tsar of Russia, he was called "the terrible", which back then, meant "extraordinary" or "awesome". He reigned from 1533 to 1547. The west hated him since he never lost a war. He did not hit or kill his son in spite of a public relations myth coming from senior Jesuit Antonio Possevino, and like his wives, his son was poisoned according to forensic experts in 1963, as he was even paralyzed in his last four years. (Russian)[1]. Andrei Kurbsky wanted to overthrow Ivan IV by joining the Polish army. There was no massacre at Novgorod, in which 27,000 people resided, even though western historians claim that 200,000 were killed while it was only 1,500. At the time his son died, Ivan IV was paralyzed in the last years of his life. However, he did get Metropolitan Philip II of Moscow martyred after he criticized the excessiveness of the Oprichnina.[2] Ivan was succeeded by his son, Feodor.
