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Ivan the terrible was born
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Ivan took the throne at age 3, after his dad died of blood poisoning
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At age 5, Ivan's mother got assassinated by what they think was poison
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Ivan seized power and named himself the first official Czar of Russia
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He revised the Law of Code and created the Sudebnik of 1550, which helped the country succeed
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By Ivan's order, the Moscow Print Yard began and the first printing press was introduced to the country
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Russia faced hardships with drought and famine
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Ivan had the St. Basil's Cathedral built and his wife Anastasia died
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Ivan left Moscow and moved the capitol to Aleksandrova Sloboda
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Ivan started sending his own police force to hunt down and murder people he considered traitors or were involved in killing his wife
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A plague spread through the country killing 600-1,000 people per day, only worsening the condition of the country. Ivan ordered people to raid the city
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Ivan and his son, Ivan, named after himself, got in a fight one night, Ivan the Terrible ended up killing his son.
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Ivan the Terrible died, and with his eldest and most qualified son killed, his youngest son became the new Czar. This caused an even worse downfall of Russia, because Ivan's son was not qualified to lead, and ended up dying two year later.