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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
Forensic facial reconstruction of Ivan IV by Mikhail Gerasimov, 1963
16th-century portrait of Ivan by Hans Weigel
16th-century portrait of Ivan by Hans Weigel
Portrait of Ivan IV by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1897 (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)
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 am
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.
House of Romanov
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The House of Romanov was a royal house and the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 until its deposition in 1917. They achieved prominence after Anastasia Romanovna married Ivan the Terrible, t
Ivan the Terrible
…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 that he was now the only supreme…
A 16th-century residence of the Yuryev-Zakharyin boyars in Zaryadye, near the Kremlin
A 16th-century residence of the Yuryev-Zakharyin boyars in Zaryadye, near the Kremlin
A crowd at the Ipatiev Monastery imploring Mikhail Romanov's mother to let him go to Moscow and become their tsar (illumination from a book dated 1673
A crowd at the Ipatiev Monastery imploring Mikhail Romanov's mother to let him go to Moscow and become their tsar (illumination from a book dated 1673)
Peter the Great (1672–1725)
Peter the Great (1672–1725)
A gathering of members of the Romanov family in 1892, at the summer military manoeuvres in Krasnoye Selo
A gathering of members of the Romanov family in 1892, at the summer military manoeuvres in Krasnoye Selo