Ivan_The_Terrible

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Ivan the Terrible started his reign as a bitter and angry young man at the age of 17. Rival Boyar families assassinated his regent, Yelena, fighting for power. This initial assassination made him start off his reign hating the general population. One of Ivan’s biggest accomplishments was giving himself the title of “Tsar” or “Czar”, not Emperor or King. Before giving himself the title Czar he was Ivan IV=====


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 * * Ivan IV impacted not only Russians, but Dutch, English, Italians, and Germans. Adventurers, diplomats, prisoners, etc who visited Russia were influenced by their Western ways of life.
 * Ivan allows British traders special protection under the Russian Empire. Russian people were not happy.
 * Tatars who raided Russia sought to conquer it, the people of Russia lived in fears while they roamed.
 * St. Basil's Cathedral is created by an architect commissioned by Ivan. He later had him blinded because he was so impressed with the structure he did not want a better one created.
 * Ivan's anger towards his enemies portray him cruel through history. Criminals were often executed or tortured slowly to death in public. (Arthur M. Schlesinger) || * Ivan created a cabinet of skilled advisers called the "Chosen Council" The members included himself, his father, and many others.
 * He called in the "Zemsky Sobor", only called in one other time in 1550 by his father. He called upon many delegates together in the Kremlin and discuss how to solve many domestic problems.
 * The Zemsky Sobor resulted in many petitions being sent to Ivan so he demanded that Adastev, a member of the Chosen Council, to create the Prikaz, which recieves all of the petitions and helps the peasants solve their problems.
 * He also authorized elections of judicial bodies who soley delt with the fates of these criminals, Somtimes death and othertimes just a sentence to prison.
 * He created the "Staglav", Council of A Hundred Chapters" whose sole purpose was to reform the Orthodox Church. (Arthur M. Schlesinger) || * Russia trades with Britain under the rule of Queen Elizabeth I. This allows for further improvement for Russia.
 * The Tatar invasions of Russia create blows to the economy. Russia suffers lack of food and clothing. Later this is changed by Ivan when he takes power.
 * Power of local populations grow when Ivan collects their taxes. When a fixed sum is paid, it could elect its own local officials to collect the money rather than being collected by an appointed governor.
 * <span style="color: rgb(217,8,8);">Trade routes to Asia allow for a diverse trade with Russia to Asian countries. Spices, cotton, etc. allow for more influence and change.
 * <span style="color: rgb(217,8,8);">Better economy under Ivan's rule allowed for Russia to change from an anarchy and war driven state, into a bustling powerful country. (Arthur M. Schlesinger) ||

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<span style="display: block; color: #d48121; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #bdb2b2; text-align: center;">Works Cited Jstor. “Ivan The Terrible.” __http://www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com/__‌. Jstor. 12 Feb. 2009 <http://www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com/‌ >. "Ivan the Terrible" Introductory Essay on Leadership, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. 1987

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