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Ivan the Terrible: Free to Reward and Free to Punish
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019 Cloth: 978-0-8229-4591-8 | eISBN: 978-0-8229-8722-2 Library of Congress Classification DK106.5.H35 2019 Dewey Decimal Classification 947.043
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Ivan the Terrible is infamous as a sadistic despot responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people, particularly during the years of the oprichnina, his state-within-a-state. Ivan was the first ruler in Russian history to use mass terror as a political instrument. However, Ivan’s actions cannot be dismissed by attributing the behavior to insanity. Ivan interacted with Muscovite society as both he and Muscovy changed. This interaction needs to be understood in order properly to analyze his motives, achievements, and failures. See other books on: Free | Halperin, Charles J. | Ivan | Muscovy (Grand Duchy) | Punish See other titles from University of Pittsburgh Press |
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