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Ivan the Terrible

イヴァン4世　/　いゔぁん4世

Politician from Russia

August 25, 1530 – March 18, 1584　・　Kolomenskoye, Moscow Governorate, Russia

Moscow Governorate
politician
raspevschik

My Take

Ivan the Terrible fascinates me precisely because he resists a single verdict. As the first Tsar of all Russia, he centralized power and helped forge a unified state, an achievement of real historical weight. Yet the brutality and paranoia of his later reign earned him a name that still chills. To me he is one of history's clearest case studies of how a single ruler can be both founder and destroyer. Nearly five centuries on, we are still arguing over whether he was visionary or tyrant, and that unresolved tension is exactly what makes him so endlessly compelling to study.

Overview

Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Russian: Иван IV Васильевич; 25 August 1530 – 28 March [O.S. 18 March] 1584), commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 1584.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Ivan the Terrible
Name (Japanese): イヴァン4世
Reading: いゔぁん4世
Born: August 25, 1530 – March 18, 1584
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Tiger
Origin: Kolomenskoye, Moscow Governorate, Russia
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / raspevschik

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
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4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B34%E4%B8%96

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