Título: Ivan the Terrible
Seção: Domestic policy
Background: Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Russian: Ivan Vasil'evich, tr. Ivan Vasilyevich; 25 August 1530 - 28 March [O.S. 18 March] 1584), commonly known as Ivan the Terrible or Ivan the Fearsome (Russian:  Ivan Groznyi  , Ivan Grozny; a better translation into modern English

Conteúdo: Despite calamities triggered by the Great Fire of 1547, the early part of Ivan's reign was one of peaceful reforms and modernization. Ivan revised the law code, creating the Sudebnik of 1550, founded a standing army (the streltsy), established the Zemsky Sobor (the first Russian parliament of the feudal Estates type) and the council of the nobles (known as the Chosen Council), and confirmed the position of the Church with the Council of the Hundred Chapters (Stoglavy Synod), which unified the rituals and ecclesiastical regulations of the whole country. He introduced local self-government to rural regions, mainly in the northeast of Russia, populated by the state peasantry.  By Ivan's order in 1553 the Moscow Print Yard was established and the first printing press was introduced to Russia. Several religious books in Russian were printed during the 1550s and 1560s. The new technology provoked discontent among traditional scribes, leading to the Print Yard being burned in an arson attack. The first Russian printers, Ivan Fedorov and Pyotr Mstislavets, were forced to flee from Moscow to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Nevertheless, printing of books resumed from 1568 onwards, with Andronik Timofeevich Nevezha and his son Ivan now heading the Print Yard.  Ivan had St. Basil's Cathedral constructed in Moscow to commemorate the seizure of Kazan. There is a false legend that he was so impressed with the structure that he had the architect, Postnik Yakovlev, blinded so that he could nev

user: what was his policy?

assistant: He introduced local self-government to rural regions,

user: where was the policy established?

assistant: mainly in the northeast of Russia, populated by the state peasantry.

user: what was good about his years?

assistant: By Ivan's order in 1553 the Moscow Print Yard was established and the first printing press was introduced to Russia.

user: and what else did he do?

assistant: religious books in Russian were printed during the 1550s and 1560s.

user: what religion?

assistant: St. Basil's Cathedral

user: did the printing create problems?

assistant: The new technology provoked discontent among traditional scribes, leading to the Print Yard being burned in an arson attack.

user: was the printing press opened again?

assistant: printing of books resumed from 1568 onwards,

user: was it a new press?

assistant: Ivan Fedorov and Pyotr Mstislavets, were forced to flee from Moscow to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

user: and who was in charge of the new press?

assistant: Andronik Timofeevich Nevezha and his son Ivan now heading the Print Yard.

user: what else did he do during his reign?

assistant: Other events of this period include the introduction of the first laws restricting the mobility of the peasants,

user: what laws were these?

assistant: serfdom, instituted during the rule of future tsar

user: what year was the law established?

assistant: in 1597.