Ivan the Terrible, Russian ruler (died 1584)

Ivan the Terrible

Tsar of Russia from 1547 to 1584

Ivan IV Vasilyevich, commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 1584. Ivan's reign was characterised by Russia's transformation from a medieval…