Ivan the Terrible, on the one hand, a wise reformer, an outstanding and talented leader of the Moscow State, on the other - a bloody tyrant, a real killer, expose his subjects monstrous repression.How was the personality of one of the most extraordinary leaders, had a marked influence on the course of Russian history?Probably, the reasons of suspicion, willfulness, vindictiveness and unjustifiable cruelty of Ivan IV are rooted in events that happened to him in his childhood and youth.What was the ruler of his childhood?
According to legend, August 25, 1530, at the very moment when born Ivan the Terrible - the first-born Grand Prince Vasily III and his second wife, Elena Glinsky, throughout the kingdom a terrible storm broke out, in which his contemporaries saw as a bad omen.Baby named after Ivan precursor of Jesus Christ - John the Baptist.Name and grandfather Ivan wore a small grand prince.His father, Prince Vasili, after the birth of the heir lived only three years.
The court chronicles say that terminally ill Vasily III blessed to rule the state of his son, and his wife, which he regarded as courageous and wise, to punish the majority of Ivan to keep the state "under the son."There is another source indicating that Prince Vasili handed control is not the princess, and the boyars.This version seems more plausible, since he had no right to break the age-old traditions and ancient customs, which did not allow women to participate in the affairs of government.Bedside rule was handed the boyars - "sedmochislennomu" Board of Trustees, headed by Prince Andrew Staritskiy share.Soon after the day when the Grand Duke passed away, three-year efforts of the boyars Ivan was crowned.It began nominal reign of Ivan the Terrible.
Briefly describe the thirteen years that passed between the coronation and coronation, it is quite difficult.Ivan was the 8-year-old boy when his mother died Elena Glinskaya.Feelings of abandonment and loneliness developed in him the habit of constantly look and listen.
Ivan the Terrible surrounded during ceremonies regal luxury and servile humility in daily life fully experienced tightness in everything, indifference and neglect on the part of the boyars and princes.Children troubles were compounded by a brutal struggle for power seigniorial groups, accompanied by murder, intrigue and violence.
Childhood Ivan the Terrible, was the time when formed unattractive traits of his character: secrecy, mistrust, hypocrisy, duplicity and brutality.In 12 years, angry teenager tortured and maimed animals by throwing them from the high of towers, 13 ordered to kill one of the boyars.According to eyewitnesses, 15-year-olds at the future king has a new fun - ride with the young men on horseback through the streets and markets, beat and rob the common people.
King of All Russia Ivan the Terrible began in January 1547 when the Assumption Cathedral of the wedding on the throne - a solemn ritual borrowed from Byzantium.Future of the sovereign during the wedding dressed in their robes, and put a crown on it.Thus ended the childhood and adolescence of the first Russian tsar kingdom.
