The image shows Ivan Jr. at death’s door, forgiving his father for lashing out by solemnly holding a distraught Ivan the Terrible’s shoulder with his right hand.

Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan were most likely poisoned, so it was a common way of getting rid of political opponents – instead of killing them in broad daylight.

The face of 'Ivan the Terrible', Russia's cruellest tyrant, has been reconstructed by scientists 440 years after his death.

Ivan the Terrible died in 1584, leaving behind a legacy of bloodshed and upheaval. The circumstances of his death remain unclear, with theories ranging from a stroke to assassination.

True face of Ivan the Terrible revealed 440 years after 'cruellest man's' death Researchers have reconstructed the face of the first Russian Tsar widely known for his brutal regime after his grave ...

Despite his well-known nickname, Ivan did not take on the “terrible” moniker during his lifetime. Indeed, historian Edward Keenan notes that it took until almost two centuries after his death ...

Another traces the conflict to Ivan the Terrible’s rage against his son’s third wife: when the tsar discovered her dressed immodestly for the royal court, the story goes, he beat her, causing a ...

In 1581, in a fit of rage, he murdered his son and only viable heir, Ivan. Q: Mad, bad, and dangerous to know? A: In adulthood, he contracted an extremely painful, incurable bone disease.

John Demjanjuk, an Ohio grandfather, spent the final decades of his life dodging accusations he was notorious Nazi war criminal and concentration camp guard known as Ivan the Terrible. But was the ...

In his efforts to wrest power from Russia’s hereditary nobility, Ivan the Terrible and his followers confiscated estates and executed thousands of people.

Today, 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.