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Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Russian: Иван IV Васильевич; [d] 25 August 1530 – 28 March [O.S. 18 March] 1584), commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, [e] was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 1584. [3]
The Book of the Dead, which was placed in the coffin or burial chamber of the deceased, was part of a tradition of funerary texts which includes the earlier Pyramid Texts and Coffin Texts, which were painted onto objects, not written on papyrus. Some of the spells included in the book were drawn from these older works and date to the 3rd ...
Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581 [a] is a painting by Russian realist artist Ilya Repin made between 1883 and 1885. It depicts the grief-stricken Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible cradling his dying son, the Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich , shortly after Ivan the Terrible had dealt a fatal blow to his son's head in a fit of anger.
Ivan the Terrible" (born 1911) is the nickname given to a notorious guard at the Treblinka extermination camp during the Holocaust. The moniker alluded to Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the Terrible, the infamous tsar of Russia. "Ivan the Terrible" gained international recognition following the 1986 case of Ukrainian–American John Demjanjuk.
The Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (Russian: Лицевой летописный свод, romanized: Litsevoy letopisny svod; 1560-1570s) is the largest compilation of historical information ever assembled in medieval Russia. It is also informally known as the Tsar Book (Царь-книга), in an analogy with Tsar Bell and Tsar ...
The Basmanov family is recorded in the Velvet Book. [1] [2] Daniil Pleshcheev was taken prisoner in the Battle of Orsha in 1514 and died in Lithuania. [3] [4] Fyodor Basmanov was the son of Alexei Basmanov , an important general and boyar who exerted great influence on Ivan the Terrible.
The title is a reference to the fact that Ivan the Terrible shares the patronymic Vasilievich with the superintendent. In comparing the tsar's authority with that of a Soviet official, the play satirizes similarities between the Soviet Union and Russian Tsardom, as well as Joseph Stalin's rehabilitation of Ivan the Terrible. [1]
The Death of Ivan the Terrible was first performed at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg in 1867. [10] It was not a success, due to the lead role having been given to a comic actor. [11] The world-famous Moscow Art Theatre began its second season with a production of the play, which opened on 29 September 1899. [12]