Born in 1530 to Grand Prince Vasily III and Princess Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's childhood was marked by turbulence and the turmoil of Moscow's power struggles. His father's death when he was only three ...

Drunk on vodka, a man attacked one of Russia's most famous paintings with a pole, badly damaging the artwork. The painting, "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16, 1581", was created by ...