In a fit of rage spurred by fear and family conflict, Ivan IV struck his eldest son with his scepter, delivering a blow that led to the heir’s death days later—an act captured in Repin’s harrowing ...

A Moscow court on Tuesday sent a man who attacked a painting of Ivan the Terrible to a penal colony for two and a half years, news agencies reported. The attack was on 19th-century artist Ilya Repin's ...

Want to look evil straight in the eye? Scientists have put a face to a notorious name after digitally reconstructing the visage of one of history’s greatest monsters — Ivan the Terrible. “It was a ...