Ivan the terrible

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This is the first major re-assessment of Ivan the Terrible to be published in the West in the post-Soviet period. It breaks away from older stereotypes of the tsar - whether as 'crazed tyrant' and 'evil genius', on the one hand, or as a 'great and wise statesman', on the other - to provide a more balanced picture. It examines the ways in which Ivan's policies contributed to the creation of Russia's distinctive system of unlimited monarchical rule. Ivan is best remembered for his reign of terror…

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Title Statements

Full title :Ivan the terrible / Andrei Pavlov and Maureen Perrie.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2003

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Oxfordshire, England
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2003

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (245 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781315844374, 1315844370, 9781317894681, 1317894685, 9781317894667, 1317894669, 9781317894674, 1317894677, 9781138141520, 1138141526
DOI:10.4324/9781315844374
oclc:ocn889310727
LC Classification:DK106
Dewey Decimal:947/.043/092

1. Ivan's inheritance -- 2. The young ruler -- 3. The conquest of Kazan' and Astrakhan' -- 4. Reformers and reforms -- 5. From consensus to conflict -- 6. The introduction of the Oprichnina -- 7. Repression and resettlement -- 8. The culmination of the terror -- 9. After the Oprichnina.

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Biographies History Ivan, IV,, Czar of Russia Kings and rulers Russia Russia -- Biography. -- Kings and rulers Russia -- History -- Ivan IV, 1533-1584 Russie -- Histoire -- 1533-1584 (Ivan I…