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#Tsardom of Russia
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Empires & Dynasties · Tsardom of Russia
The Muscovy Company: How England Found Russia
In 1553 three English ships sought a route to China. Two crews died in the Arctic; the third reached Ivan the Terrible. The story of the Muscovy Company.
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People · Tsardom of Russia
False Dmitry I: The Pretender Who Became Tsar
Who was False Dmitry I? How a runaway monk claimed to be Ivan the Terrible's dead son, took Moscow in 1605, married Marina Mniszech and was killed in 1606.
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Empires & Dynasties · Tsardom of Russia
The Oprichnina: Ivan the Terrible's Terror, 1565–1572
What was the oprichnina? How Ivan the Terrible split Russia in 1565, who the oprichniki were, what happened at Novgorod in 1570, and why Stalin admired it.
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People · Tsardom of Russia
Boris Godunov: The Real Tsar Behind Pushkin and Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov ruled Russia as regent and tsar from 1585 to 1605. Did he murder Tsarevich Dmitry? And how did Karamzin, Pushkin and Mussorgsky make his legend?
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War & Warriors · Tsardom of Russia
The Time of Troubles (1598–1613): Famine, Pretenders and the Poles in the Kremlin
Russia's Time of Troubles, 1598–1613: the great famine, three False Dmitrys, the Poles in the Kremlin, Minin and Pozharsky and the first Romanov tsar.
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Religion & Belief · Tsardom of Russia
St Basil's Cathedral: Why Ivan the Terrible Built It, and the Myths
St Basil's Cathedral was built in 1555–1561 to give thanks for the conquest of Kazan. Who designed it, who was Basil, and did Ivan blind the architects?
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Sources & Evidence · Tsardom of Russia
Ivan the Terrible and His Son: Repin's Painting and the Death of 1581
Repin's 1885 painting of Ivan the Terrible holding his dying son was banned, slashed in 1913 and attacked in 2018. What happened in November 1581?
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People · Tsardom of Russia
Ivan the Terrible: The First Tsar, Fact and Legend
Ivan IV was crowned Russia's first tsar in 1547 and died in 1584. His reforms, wars, the oprichnina, his wives, his son, and which famous stories are myths.