Where is there a map of the territory he ruled during his reign?
What are some of his great contributions?
What are some of his failures?
What are some key events in his life?
2007-10-24 09:06:52 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Everyone loved Ivan the Terrible! That's kind of a mistranslation; "awe-inspiring" might be closer. I guess his greatest contribution was his transition from the prince of Muscovy into the Tsar of all the Russian People. Sadly, he was a bit, well, different. As a child he used to throw puppies off the Kremlin walls. When his beloved first wife died, he started to lose it a bit. He put together this horrible secret police force that would run around causing terror and destruction. Then he decided to abdicate and shut himself up in a monastery until his people, who didn't think they would survive without a ruler, begged him to return. This gave him a sort of mandate to continue the running around causing terror and destruction. He killed his own son in a rage.
2007-10-27 21:28:13 · answer #1 · answered by desertmedusa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Introduce yourself to Google.
Map
http://www.zum.de/
whkmla/histatlas/
europe/eu1550.gif
2007-10-24 16:38:51 · answer #2 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋