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Kolomenskoye, Russia
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Both of Ivan's parents passed away before he was 10
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As a kid, Ivan lived fearing that he would be murdered by whoever was watching him. This is because he knew he was next in line for the throne and he thought jealousy would've gotten the best of his caregivers
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Ivan marries his beautiful wife Anastasia. This is his first wife n=and he completely adores her
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Anastasia gave birth to 6 of Ivan's childeren.
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Ivan was placed as ruler at age 17
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Wooden fort of Sviyazhsk was transported down the Volga from Uglich all the way to Kazan.
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Ivan IV led a 150,000-strong Russian army towards Kazan. This battle released about 80,000 slaves.
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Ivan launched the Livonian War in an attempt to gain access to the Baltic Sea and its major trade routes.
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His beloved wife dies from being poisoned by a Boyar- a member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince.
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After his favorite wife died, Ivan became terrible. Before, he was know as a fair ruler but now he became corrupt and suspicious.
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After going through many deaths in one lifetime, Ivan started becoming mentally unstable. In one such outburst, he killed his son and heir Ivan Ivanovich.This left his younger son, the pious but politically ineffectual Feodor Ivanovich, to inherit the throne.
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Ivan was ready to die due to all the death that was around him. He called witches to kill him but obviously, this didn't work. He soon after die of a stroke.
