Ivan the Terrible’s pointed staff was a symbolic object and appears in other paintings of him by various artists. It is believed that Ivan the Terrible killed his son with this staff.

He was to take the body of Ivan the Terrible’s last son, Dmitry Ivanovich (later known as Dmitry of Uglich) to Moscow.

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

A drunk man attacked an “Ivan the Terrible” painting with a pole in Moscow, badly damaging the frame and canvas.

Ivan faces down Philip and lets loose his private force, the Oprichniks, on the boyars. Led by the Tsar's aunt, Euphrosyne, the boyers plot to assassinate Ivan and enthrone her son, Vladimir.

The hundreds of photos came from the estate of an SS officer who died during a 1943 inmate uprising at Sobibor, the death camp where Ivan the Terrible also worked.

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 ...

The painting, from 1885, depicts Ivan the Terrible holding his son after mortally wounding him in a fit of rage.

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.

Newly released picture may prove John Demjanjuk, who lived in Seven Hills, was a Nazi death camp guard Israeli museum believes it does.