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What is tsar Ivan the Terrible of russia known for?

Question by Joy: What is Ivan the Terrible tsar of all russia known for?
that was so terrible. I’m reading about him and i’m confused

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Answer by masternachos
According to one legend, he had his architects build the famous St. Basil’s Cathedral, then had them blinded so they could never again build something so beautiful.

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  1. Otto von Bismarck says

    He was as Cromwell but killed more more less people.

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  2. Rodina says

    1) He struck his son with a blow to the head, killing him in a raging fit.

    2) He was famous for torturing and executing people in the thousands, including members of the Russian Orthodox Church for going against him and his policies.

    3) He plotted the Oprichniki against the boyars, but killed them later on for suspicion of them going against him.

    4) He destroyed and killed the residents of Novgorod because they rose up against him.

    5) He banished his son's first two wives including his third wife, Elena, due to immodesty of attire.

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  3. jgdpzkmpfw says

    Ivan IV was the builder of modern Russia. He made himself the first Czar, and greatly reduced the aristocracy that corrupted the rule of government. He was a loving and dedicated ruler who ruled absolutely.
    Following the ideals of his father Ivan III he made all nobles, ministers, merchants, and farmers servants of the Czar. He administered his rule through a system called the Oprichnina. If you got on the wrong side of Ivan, it is the secret police of the Oprichnina that you would answer to. From an historical perspective Ivan's achievements make him either the 1st or 2nd greatest ruler in Russian History. From the liberal ideal of finger pointing, he was a mean man who hurt people for absolutely no reason.

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  4. Lili says

    You could simply have googled him.

    For the most part, "terrible" really meant "strict, firm, determined, and utterly powerful." Ivan did have some positive effects because of his strictness.

    But he also committed some terrible outrages, including — quite famously — murdering his own son. See below:

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  5. Tim Boston (Nowhere says

    Try to look it up on Google or Wikipedia. I prefer to look at Nicholas II the last tsar or maybe Stalin and the purges. Stalin was like Hitler and killed Jews and anyone who did not go along with him.

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  6. Lack master flex says

    well when he was a kid, whenever he got mad he would throw dogs off of the Kremlin

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