As the Nikon Chronicle documents, the Oryol fortress was founded in 1566 at the behest of Ivan the Terrible in order to protect the southern borders of the state. The year 1566 is officially ...
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Ivan the Terrible, the Czar and Grand Prince of Russia, Wouldn’t Earn His Violent Nickname Until Years After His ReignToday, Ivan is better known as Ivan the Terrible, though the name wouldn’t be attached to him until much later. Ivan ruled as Russia’s first-ever czar for nearly four decades. He transformed ...
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