Ivan IV Vasilyevich was just a teenager when he was crowned czar and grand prince of all Russia on January 16, 1547. Today, Ivan is better known as Ivan the Terrible, though the name wouldn’t be ...

“because the figure of Ivan the Terrible is inextricably linked with Vologda and the history of our region.” Russia ...

Halperin, who has authored three books about the sovereign, Ivan was “the most controversial ruler in Russian history, surpassing Peter the Great, Lenin, even Stalin.” Not long after his death ...