Ivan The Terrible
Candice Ivan IV, Tsar of Russia is better
known as Ivan the terrible. In the
following paragraphs I will depict major
events in his life and the role he
played in Russia. I will also exhibit the
many positive things that he did. As
well as the negative things that he did
to Russian society during his reign of
thirty-seven years. I will debate the
fact that Ivan IV was nick named Ivan
the
terrible.
Ivan
IV, Tsar of Russia
is better known as Ivan the terrible. In the following
paragraphs I will
depict major events in his life and the role he played in
Russia. I will
also exhibit the many positive things that he did. As well as the
negative
things that he did to Russian society during his reign of thirty-seven
years.
I will debate the fact that Ivan IV was nick named Ivan the
terrible.
Ivan IV was born on August 25, 1530, in Moscow. He was the son
of Vasily III,
the grand duke of Moscow, who died when Ivan was just three
years old. His
mother Yelena Glinskaya who was from a leading noble family
established a
regency, which soon became nothing but corruption and wild
violence as rival
families feuded the dominance of the Ginskaya family. After
Yelena Glinkaya died
in 1538 the misrule continued after that. Ivan was
crowned in 1547, but not as
grand duke but as a tsar. In the same year he
married Anastasia Romonov.
Anastasia died on 1560, and Ivan remarried
many times. Ivan died March 18,1584.
Ivan IV made many positive
attributes. From the year 1547-1560 are considered to
be the really
productive period of Ivan’s reign. During this period Ivan
appointed an
advisory council. Ivan also founded a national assembly in 1549,
and enacted
reforms in the local government . He also drew up a new law code in
1550.
He also regulated the responsibilities and jobs of the
aristocracy.
Expansion of Russia eastward also started during this
period. And finally
trading began with the English, Dutch, and the French.
Ivan IV made many
negative attributes as well. In 1560 when Anastasia died
marked the end of
Ivan’s productive period. Ivan IV was increasingly
powerful and he turned
against his advisors, because he was convinced that
they had caused her death,
backed by rival Nobel families. Ivan threatened to
abdicate unless the nobles
were punished. Ivan left Moscow in 1564, and
settled in a village called
Aleksandrovsk. The confused people of Moscow
begged Ivan to return . Ivan
eventually returned to Moscow under two
conditions. First, he had to have the
right to punish traitors, executing
them necessary and keeping their stuff.
Secondly, he had a political and
territorial subdivision called "the oprichnia"
was to be established, and
managed completely under the tsar. Ivan IV also known
as Ivan the terrible.
Ivan the terrible led a very eventful life. Ivan had many
negative
attributes. As well as positive attributes. If you put things in
perspective
all of these things balance off. So was Ivan IV really terrible?,
you be the
judge.