-
Ivan IV was born August 25, 1530.
-
On January 16, 1547 Ivan Vasilyevich became the Tsar of Russia
-
From September 2, 1552 to October 13, 1552 Ivan 4 capture of Kazan
In October 1552 the Kazan khanate ceased to exist, and, became part of Russia with all the Volga peoples. -
Ivan IV capture of Astrakhan.
Accession of the Astrakhan khanate. -
Russia was fixed on the Baltic sea.
-
Ivan IV understood that there was only one way to eliminate the Tatar threat – by capturing Tatar territories and securing them for Russia. So the Russian Tsar did with Astrakhan and Kazan. And with the Crimea "deal" Ivan the terrible did not have time.
-
Bloody campaign on Novgorod and Pskov.
-
A series of defeats from the poles. Everything won in a quarter of a century in the Northwest had to be returned. The Russian state is again cut off from the sea.
-
Ivan IV died on 18 March 1584.