The portrait was engraved in copper and subsequently imprinted on the leather cover of Russia’s first exact-dated printed book — the "Apostle" MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. Multispectral imaging, a ...

Tsar Ivan IV earned the name terrible in the 16th century when it was used to describe something “formidable” as opposed to awful. But that’s not to say his actions do not live up to the ...

Under the reign of Tsar Ivan IV Vasilyevich, known to history as Ivan the Terrible, Russia went to war with Sweden, the Great Duchy of Lithuania (united with Poland in 1569), and their allies over ...

Ivan the Terrible, Russia's first tsar, is remembered for his barabarity; ... Ivan IV was plunged into paranoia by a double blow. First his wife died in 1560, apparently by poisoning.

This ruthless Russian ruler, who was the first Tsar of Russia, lived up to his name. Ivan the Terrible was ruthless and brutal [TheCollector] Anna Ajayi Follow; Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the ...

The face of 'Ivan the Terrible', Russia's cruellest tyrant, has been reconstructed by scientists 440 years after his death. The Russian Tsar, who died in 1584, was just three years old when he ...

Scientists have reconstructed the "cold" face of Russia's cruellest leader centuries after his death. Ivan the Terrible was Russia's first Tsar and turned his country into an empire by expanding ...

In 1547, Ivan IV (1530-1584), archduke of Moscow, crowns himself Tsar of Russia and sets about reclaiming lost Russian territory. In scenes of his coronation, his wedding to Anastasia, his ...

Ivan IV Vasilyevich was just a teenager when he was crowned czar and grand prince of all Russia on January 16, 1547. Today, Ivan is better known as Ivan the Terrible, though the name wouldn’t be ...