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Vasili III, passes away when Ivan was only 3
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Ivan introduces self-government in rural regions, reformed tax collection, and instituted statutory law and church reform.
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This causes the beginning of the "bad period", meaning he turned on certain people. In this case, he accused his Boyars of poisoning his wife and organized a police force. Their duty was to search and murder whoever Ivan considered a traitor.
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