Ivan the Terrible

Name: Ivan the Terrible
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ISBN: 9780582099487

ISBN-10: 058209948X

ISBN-13: 9780582099487

Edition: 2003

Authors: Maureen Perrie, Andrei Pavlov

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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, the book pays due attention to the horrors of his executions, tortures and repressions, especially in the period of the oprichnina (1565-72), when he mysteriously divided his realm into two parts,…

Book details

List price: $64.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/27/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 244
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



List of illustrations


Preface


List of abbreviations


Introduction



Ivan's inheritance



The young ruler


The minority of Ivan IV


Coronation, marriage and the fall of the Glinskiis



The conquest of Kazan' and Astrakhan'



Reformers and reforms


The reasons for reform


Adashev and Sil'vestr


The reforms of the 1550s5. From consensus to conflict


The 'boyar revolt' of 1553


The power of the Muscovite ruler


The beginning of the Livonian War and the dismissal of Adashev and Sil'vestr


On the eve of the oprichnina terror



The introduction of the oprichnina


The tsar's departure from Moscow


The decree on the oprichnina


'A strange institution': problems of interpretation



Repression and resettlement


The first victims


Attempts to reach a compromise


The rout of the zemshchina opposition


The land resettlements



The culmination of the terror


The devastation of Novgorod


The executions in Moscow


The abolition of the oprichnina



After the oprichnina


The 'grand princely rule' of Simeon Bekbulatovich


The end of the Livonian War


The last years of Ivan's reign


The consequences of the oprichnina and post-oprichnina regimes


Conclusion


Chronology


Glossary


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