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Right after his father's death, three year old Ivan was announced grand prince of Moscow.
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It has been told that Ivan's mother was poisoned which caused her death.
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Ivan had been greatly influenced by the thoughts of the metropolitan of Moscow, Makari since 1542. They encouraged him at a young age to establish a Christian state based on the principles of justice.
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Ivan married Anastasiya Romanovna
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Ivan went to war to try and get Russia rule over Livonia
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Anastasiya, Ivan's first wife died
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Ivan implemented this state policy which included the institution of the secret policy,public executions, mass repressions, and confiscations of land from Russian aristocrats.
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Ivan married five wives in these 9 years
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Ivan led his oprichniki troops himself against Novgorod and ended up destroying that city and killing thousands.
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The oprichnina was abolished as a product if the failure of the regiments to protect Moscow from attack by the Crimean Tatars.
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Ivan murdered his son, Ivan, who was going to be his heir.
