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Ivan was born in a town near Moscow, Russia. He was born into a noble family. Ivan's father was the Grand Duke of Russia.
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Ivan was proclaimed Grand Duke of Russia upon the death of his father Vasilis III. He is just 3 years old at the time. This begins a long reign of being the most powerful person in Russia.
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Not much known about Ivan's mother. Believed that her roots are from the Mongols.
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Ivan is crowned as the first Russian czar upon his command. This begins the road of the leader of Russia being a czar. He has become one of the most powerful people in the world because of this. He still is only 17 years old
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The rule of sudebnik was re revised in 1549 and was declared in 1550
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Ivan's beloved wife dies and the boyars were accused of poisoning her and mass murders of the boyars take place
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Ivan the terrible rule's worst reign starts and many terrible things happen
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In 1566 Ivan extended the oprichnina to eight central districts. Of the 12,000 nobles there, 570 became oprichniks, and the rest were expelled.[29]
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During the 1571–72 Russo-Crimean war, oprichniks failed to prove themselves worthy against a regular army. In 1572, Ivan abolished the Oprichnina and disbanded his oprichniks.
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Ivan The Terrible killed his own son in a violent dispute. The son, Ivan Ivanovich was to be the next of the throne. But his father struck him with his pointed staff. After this Russian fell under the control of several nobles leading to its losing of power
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Ivan The terrible dies at the age of 53
