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His father (Vasili III of Russia) died so Ivan came to throne at 3 years old.
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Struggles for power among Russia's landowning nobles arose.
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Ivan's mother died when he was 8 years old. Between when his father died and this, his mother was ruling under Ivan's name.
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Ivan won victories, added land, gave Russia a code of laws and ruled well
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Ivan the Terrible marries Anastasia Romanova.
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At 16 years old, Ivan crowned himself czar.
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Ivan's wife passes away, which starts Ivan the Terrible's bad period.
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Ivan accuses the boyars for poisoning his wife so he organizes a police force to murder people Ivan considered not loyal and traitors. His police force dressed in black and rode black horses. They executed thousands on boyars who worked on lands, along with their families. The boayars' estates were given to a new class of nobles, but they must remain loyal to keep the land and stay alive.
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Ivan killed his oldest son and heir
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Ivan died leaving his second and weaker son to rule
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Ivan's second son was proven to be mentally and physically incapable of ruling and dies without an heir. The boyars struggled for power and heirs of czars died under mysterious conditions. Several imposters tried to claim the throne
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Representatives from many Russian cities chose the next czar. The chosen one was Michael Romanov who was the grandnephew of Ivan's wife Anastasia.
This began the Romanov dynasty which ruled Russia for the next 300 years (1613-1917)
