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This is Ivan's birth date.
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Ivan came to the Throne at age 3 in 1933, because both parents had passed away.
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Ivan married Anastasia Romanovna, she was the great aunt of the first tsar of Romanov Dynasty.
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Ivan strengthened and organized Church affairs, this confirmed their religion Orthodoxy and made large number of Russian saints.
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Ivan was crowned "Tsar and grand prince of all Russia".
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Ivan wrote a new and more elaborate legal code, this replaced the one made in 1497. Ivan reorganized the Russian central administration so that there would be different departments, which were in charge for a certain function of the state. Military services were made better, and reorganized, made it fair so that getting promotions wasn't based on their virtue of noble birth.
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Anastasia died, a boyar was convicted of poisoning her, this made Ivan rebel against the boyars. Ivan created his own police force, dressed in black and rode horses.
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During this timespan Ivan managed to marry 5 different women, in 9 years.
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Ivan stepped down from the throne for a year, and Simeon Bekbulatovich, Tatar Prince, took his place.
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When Ivan is in a fit of rage he murders his eldest son.
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This is Ivan's death date.
