Title: Ivan the Terrible
Description: Ivan was a man of huge contradictions - a man of God who personally tortured his victims and beat his own son to death; a despot who often behaved like a coward; a man who believed himself chosen to save the souls of his people, but who brutally put thousands to death in carefully orchestrated purges.
Subjects: Ivan iv, czar of russia, 1530-1584, drama, Soviet union, kings and rulers, Russia (federation), history, Russia (federation), biography, Kings and rulers, Biography, History
People: Ivan IV Tsar of Russia (1530-1584)