Bust "Tsar Ivan the Terrible" White, 4x2.5x6.5cm

Ivan IV Vasilievich, nicknamed Grozny, 1530-1584. - The sovereign, the Grand Duke of Moscow and All Rus'

Ivan IV Grozny since 1533 became the first Russian tsar, doubled the territory of Moscow possessions and ruled 50 years - longer than any other ruler of Russia.

Since the end of the 40s of the rules with the participation of the chosen Rada. Under him, the convocation of the Zemstvo cathedrals began, a Judicial Code of 1550 was compiled. Directorate and court reforms (Glubnaya, Zemskaya and other reforms) were carried out. In 1565. Oprichnina was introduced. Under Ivan IV, trade ties with England were established, the first printing house in Moscow was created. The Kazan and Astrakhan Khanates were conquered.

The Livonian war was fed for access to the Baltic Sea, the annexation of Siberia began. The domestic policy of Ivan IV was accompanied by mass dumps and executions, an increase in the enslavement of the peasants.

Ivan IV went down in history not only as a tyrant. He was one of the most educated people of his time, possessed phenomenal memory, theological erudition. He is the author of numerous messages (including Andrei Kurbsky), music and the text of the holiday of the Vladimir Mother of God, the canon Archangel Mikhail. The king contributed to the organization of printing in Moscow and the construction of the church of Blessed on Red Square to commemorate Kazan on October 2, 1552