biography of Ivan the Terrible at least hearsay known to almost everyone, and not only Russians, but also to foreigners.This historical figure attracts attention and researchers, and ordinary people, and the arts.
first Russian Tsar, Prince of Moscow and All Russia, Ivan IV was born on August 25, 1530.His mother, Princess Glinskaya, gave birth to a son in Kolomenskoye.Father Ivan the Terrible, Prince Vasily III, descended from the Rurik dynasty.Parents king died when he was still a child.In 3 years, Ivan was proclaimed king.
biography of Ivan the Terrible as the king began difficult.He was a child, so all the power in the hands of the mother and Boyarka Duma.Boyars actually ruled until 1548.Ivan's childhood passed in a hostile environment.Before his eyes unfolded intrigue, coups were carried out, there was a tough fight for power (between Shuisky and Belsky).Assuming Ivan child nobles did not pay attention to it, do not listen to the opinion of his friends were killed and kept the king in poverty.The child grew aggressive, soon learned to torture animals.Already at that time, it appeared suspicion and vindictiveness.
brief biography of Ivan the Terrible is reduced, rather, to his portraits than to the description of the events that accompanied his life.He was highly educated, he had a great memory.From childhood he was tormented by his position and dreamed of a genuine power.It was her, he placed above all else, including all the laws of morality.
1547 was the year, when the biography of Ivan the Terrible as an autocrat.January 16 at the Assumption Cathedral of the Kremlin took his wedding to reign.He became the first king who has concentrated in the hands of the authorities throughout the state.Previously, before it, a Russian autocracy not.Now everyone, including boyars had to obey the will of the king.However, the princes of the unit, which until recently were independent rulers in their own principalities, opposed this.As a result, Ivan IV introduced the oprichnina - tough and radical measure to combat the aristocracy.
foreign policy of Grozny was not particularly successful.During 1558 - 1583 years of continued Livonian War, which ended in the defeat of Moscow and the loss of part of the Russian lands.
history of Ivan the Terrible to the Russian state was the special period.The results of his reign the country were quite controversial.On the one hand, he was able to centralize the state, which is important in strengthening the people's consciousness as citizens of one country.On the other hand, for the people of this period it was very difficult.Oprichnina a negative impact on the economy, a lot of land was simply devastated.When Ivan the Terrible strengthened serfdom.In 1581 he introduced the "forbidden years" - a ban farmers Yuryev day away from the home.In 1578 the king has stopped the execution, and in 1579 repented of their own cruelty.
biography of Ivan the Terrible would be incomplete without mention of the fact that the king had seven wives.From the first, Anastasia Romanovna, he had two sons and one son from the last - Maria Feodorovna Nagaya.Also, it had three daughters: Anna, Maria and Evdokia.
last years the king was ill before death could not walk.March 18, 1584 Terrible died.It is believed that he was poisoned.Ivan the Terrible was buried next to his murdered son Ivan in the Archangel Cathedral.Rurik dynasty cut short, because Fedor, the younger son of the king was on the throne for a short time and did not leave offspring.Time of Troubles began.
