C harles J. H alperin . Ivan the Terrible
Free to Reward and Free to Punish
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9499016 |
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| Authors | Chester Dunning (0000-0001-8655-3025, Texas A&M University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 413-414 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8762 • E-ISSN: 1937-5239 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ahr/rhaa395 |
| OpenAlex | W3159096939 |
| Language | EN |
Ivan IV (1530–84), a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, was one of the most infamous rulers in Russian history. Ivan had himself proclaimed Russia’s first tsar in 1547, and he founded the Russian Empire by conquering Kazan and Astrakhan, remnants of the Golden Horde on the lower Volga River. Ivan’s administrative, legal, and military reforms laid the foundation for the emergence of a powerful Russian state. During the 1560s and early 1570s, however, Tsar Ivan severely tested his people by establishing a separate state within a state known as the oprichnina. Under Ivan’s direct rule, the oprichnina was staffed by his personal army of black-clad henchmen—the terrifying and rapacious oprichniki. The oprichniki unleashed a reign of terror, waging war against Ivan’s real and perceived enemies. The resulting devastation and chaos seriously weakened the country, allowing the Crimean Tatars—a remnant of the Golden Horde—to burn Moscow in 1571. Soon after that embarrassing...
Ancient history · Empire · Political science · Politics · Reign · State (computer science) · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Chinese history and philosophy · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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