Tsar Ivan IV

  • Aug 25, 1530

    Born

    Ivan IV was born August 25, 1530.
  • Jan 16, 1547

    Ivan IV became the Tsar

    On January 16, 1547 Ivan Vasilyevich became the Tsar of Russia
  • Period: Sep 2, 1552 to Oct 13, 1552

    Capture Of Kazan

    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.
  • 1556

    Capture of Astrakhan.

    Ivan IV capture of Astrakhan.
    Accession of the Astrakhan khanate.
  • 1558

    Russia was fixed on the Baltic sea.

    Russia was fixed on the Baltic sea.
  • 1559

    Successful campaign to Crimea.

    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.
  • 1569

    Campaigns Of Ivan IV

    Bloody campaign on Novgorod and Pskov.
  • Period: 1579 to 1581

    The Country Is Ruined.

    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.
  • Death.

    Ivan IV died on 18 March 1584.