Ivan the Terrible
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Ivan IV Vasilyevich, commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 158
Forensic facial reconstruction of Ivan IV by Mikhail Gerasimov, 1963
16th-century portrait of Ivan by Hans Weigel
Portrait of Ivan IV by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1897 (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)
The Oprichniki by Nikolai Nevrev (1888). The painting shows the last minutes of boyarin Feodorov, who was arrested for treason. To mock his alleged ambitions on the tsar's title, the nobleman was given the tsar's regalia before his execution.
Anastasia Romanovna
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Anastasia Romanovna Zakharyina-Yurieva was the tsaritsa of all Russia as the first wife of Ivan IV, the tsar of all Russia. She was also the mother of Feodor I, the last lineal Rurikid tsar of Russia,
Ivan the Terrible
…sovereign of all Russia and used the title of tsar in his correspondence with other monarchs. Two weeks after his coronation in 1547, Ivan IV married Anastasia Romanovna, a member of the Romanov family, who became the first Russian tsaritsa. By being crowned tsar, Ivan was sending a message to the world and to Russia…
Anastasia Romanovna on the Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod