Ivan the terrible

By kalynnhamilton
  • Oct 27, 1533

    ivan the terribles grandfather died.

    ivan the terribles grandfather died.
    The death of ivan's grandfather was big beacause he was the next eir and leader of russia at age 3.
  • Feb 3, 1547

    Married to Anastasia Romanov

    Married to Anastasia Romanov
  • Period: Feb 3, 1547 to Dec 8, 1550

    Good period

    This period of time was considered his best because he changed russia in a positive way by fixing law enforcement,appointing concils,expanding Russia's territory.
  • Dec 8, 1547

    siezed power and became czar

    siezed power and became czar
    when ivan turned 16 instead of becoming grand prince of moscow he siezed power and became czar.
  • Dec 8, 1549

    appointed the first noble concil

    This concil was hand picked by the czar to help impliment reforms in Russia.
  • Period: Oct 9, 1560 to

    Bad period

    During this time of Ivan's rule his was going through a deep depression,created his own secret police force,killed thousadn boyars for suspected treson.Gained absolute power of Russia
  • Period: Nov 9, 1565 to Sep 30, 1572

    Terror of oprichniki

    During this time Ivan used his secret police who wore all black and rode black horses to kill Boyars
  • Sep 9, 1581

    death of oldest son

    death of oldest son
    During a brawk ivan the terrible killed his oldest son and next eir in line for thrown.

  • Death

    Death
    Due to Ivan's death and the murder of his oldest son it left his weakest youngest son as leader of Russia.