
Today is the anniversary of the death in 1584 of Ivan IV of Russia, the first of the Tsars. There are many colorful biographies online. There is a 2-part film based on his life directed by Sergei Eisenstein, and it is embedded here. Russia: Land of the Tsars is a sweeping documentary which places Ivan the Terrible in historical context:
part 1:
part 2:
part 3:
part 4:
The picture at the top of the post is of Ivan the Terrible and his Son Ivan by Ilya Repin.
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