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Ivan the Terrible was born Ivan Chetvyorty Vasilyevich on August 25, 1530, in the Grand Duchy of Muscovy, Russia, to members of the Rurik dynasty.
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Basil III died in great pain of an abscess on 3 December 1533.
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Elena Glinskaya dies after ruling for 5 years.
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Ivan married Anastasia Romanovna.
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When Ivan was 16 he was made tsar of all Russia.
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Suspecting the nobles of poisoning Anastasia and plotting to remove him from the throne, Ivan embarked on a campaign of oppression and killings against the hereditary nobility.
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In the later months of 1564 Ivan left Russia and when begged to come back he demanded that he could creat the oprichniki, his police that he used to brutally murder many people and seize lots of land.
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The oprichniki under Ivan's rule caused a reign of terror. They carried dogs heads and brooms to symbolize that they sniffed out treason and sweeped it up. They wore all black and rode black horses and were known for their ruthlessness.
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Ivan accidently murdered his son in a fit of rage.
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Ivan the Terrible dies, possibly poisoned.
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Ivan left the country to his unfir son Feodor.