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Reign of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) (1547-1584)

Reign of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) (1547-1584)

  1. Ivan IV crowned first Tsar of Russia

    Labels: Ivan IV, Muscovy, Coronation

  2. Great Fire of Moscow sparks unrest

    Labels: Moscow, Great Fire, Public unrest

  4. Sudebnik of 1550 strengthens central justice

    Labels: Sudebnik of, Legal code

  5. Stoglav Church Council standardizes practice

    Labels: Stoglav Council, Russian Orthodox

  6. Fall of Kazan expands Muscovy down the Volga

    Labels: Kazan Khanate, Fall of

  7. Astrakhan annexed, securing Volga-Caspian route

    Labels: Astrakhan, Volga corridor

  8. Livonian War begins in search of Baltic access

    Labels: Livonian War, Ivan IV

  9. First dated Russian printed book published

    Labels: Ivan Fyodorov, Printed book

  10. Oprichnina created as a separate tsarist domain

    Labels: Oprichnina, Oprichniki

  11. Novgorod attacked during oprichnina terror

    Labels: Novgorod, Oprichnina

  13. Oprichnina abolished after military failure

    Labels: Oprichnina, Abolition

  14. Battle of Molodi halts renewed Crimean advance

    Labels: Battle of, Russian army

  15. Yermak’s expedition pushes Russia into Siberia

    Labels: Yermak, Siberian expedition

  16. Truce of Yam-Zapolsky ends war with Poland-Lithuania

    Labels: Truce of, Poland-Lithuania

  18. Ivan IV dies; succession passes to Feodor I

    Labels: Ivan IV, Feodor I