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Ivan IV
noun
- Ivan the Terrible, 1530–84, first czar of Russia 1547–84.
Ivan IV
noun
- Ivan IV15301584MRussianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler known as Ivan the Terrible. 1530–84, grand duke of Muscovy (1533–47) and first tsar of Russia (1547–84). He conquered Kazan (1552), Astrakhan (1556), and Siberia (1581), but was defeated by Poland in the Livonian War (1558–82) after which his rule became increasingly oppressive
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There were also rich crosses of gold and silver—the one that belonged to Ivan IV.
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From this conjunction is to be dated the commencement of the glory of the reign of Ivan IV.
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The decennium extending from 1550 to 1560 was the good period of Ivan IV.
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The confessor of the grand prince, having received from Ivan IV.
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