page_title: Massacre of Novgorod
hierarchical_section_title: Massacre of Novgorod
caption_attribution_description: English: The street in the town: the set to “Oprichnik” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky 1911, paper, water-colour, charcoal, 52 x 83,2 cm State Theatrical Bakhrushin Museum, Moscow Русский: Васнецов Аполлинарий Михайлович (1856-1933) Улица в городе. Эскиз декорации оперы П.И. Чайковского "Опричник" 1911. Бумага, акварель, уголь. 52 x 83,2. Государственный центральный театральный музей им. А.А. Бахрушина, МоскваУкраїнська: Опричник. Васнецов Аполінарій Михайлович
context_page_description: The Massacre of Novgorod was an attack launched by Tsar Ivan IV's oprichniki on the city of Novgorod, Russia in 1570.
  Although initially an act of vengeance against the perceived treason of the local Orthodox church, the massacre quickly became possibly the most vicious in the brutal legacy of the oprichnina, with casualties in the tens of thousands and innumerable acts of extreme violent cruelty. In the aftermath of the attack, Novgorod lost its status as one of Russia's leading cities, crippled by the decimation of its citizenry combined with Ivan's assault on the surrounding farmlands.
context_section_description: The Massacre of Novgorod was an attack launched by Tsar Ivan IV (The Terrible)'s oprichniki on the city of Novgorod, Russia in 1570. 
  Although initially an act of vengeance against the perceived treason of the local Orthodox church, the massacre quickly became possibly the most vicious in the brutal legacy of the oprichnina, with casualties in the tens of thousands and innumerable acts of extreme violent cruelty. In the aftermath of the attack, Novgorod lost its status as one of Russia's leading cities, crippled by the decimation of its citizenry combined with Ivan's assault on the surrounding farmlands.
caption: Apollinary Vasnetsov's 1911 painting "The street in the town" : people fleeing at the arrival of the Oprichniki (inspired by the opera The Oprichnik by Tchaikovsky)
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