Catherine The Great Ivan The Terrible

He slaughtered thousands in his own city of novgorod on the basis of treason.

Catherine the great ivan the terrible. When i was three i came to the throne and at sixteen had myself crowned tsar of russia. ива н васи льевич better known as ivan the terrible was born on september 3rd 1530 in kolomenskoye grand duchy of moscow. She showed spectacular aptitude in foreign policy expanding her country by 200 000 square miles during her reign. This painting by mikhail petrovich klodt titled ivan the terrible and the ghosts of his victims shows the tsar surrounded by the ghosts of some of the many many people he had killed.

During my early tenure on the throne i changed the law code of the country provided an army for my. Ivan the terrible was sure that boyars had poisoned his mother when he was just eight. Fine art images heritage images getty images. Information on the rapper ivan vasilyevich russian.

22 january 1440 moscow 27 october 1505 moscow also known as ivan the great was a grand prince of moscow and grand prince of all rus ivan served as the co ruler and regent for his blind father vasily ii from the mid 1450s before he officially ascended the throne in 1462. Ivan the terrible deliberately killed people in horrible ways often because he was angry. Their meeting occurs after catherine had taken at least two pages from russian history and staged. She made many improvements to the russian government.

He was the grand prince of moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first tsar of all the russias from 1547 until his death in 1584. I was born on august 25 1530 and died on march 18 1584. He killed another wife and beat his eldest son to death. Ivan vi is the prisoner catherine ii encounters in the first scene of hbo s catherine the great.

His wife anastasia calmed him a little bit but after she died ivan went totally insane. Feodor ii lasted seven weeks on the throne before he was strangled. Catherine the great was the russian empress from 1762 to 1796. Peter iii was murdered on the orders of his own wife who ruled for 30 years as catherine the great.

Russia s absolute monarchs ivan the terrible. In the 1530s the crimean khan formed an offensive alliance with safa giray of kazan his relative. Ivan iii vasilyevich russian. Under her leadership the domain of the russian empire was noticeably expanded.

They were relatively lucky. I am ivan the terrible. Ivan was buried quietly in the fortress and his death secured catherine ii s position on the throne until her own son came of age.