Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Russian: Ива́н Четвёртый, Васи́льевич? · i, Ivan Chetvyorty, Vasilyevich), known in English as Ivan the Terrible (= inspiring fear ...
In December 1564 Ivan left Moscow with some of his court, supposedly to visit various monasteries. In reality, the paranoid tsar had abandoned the capital, taking valuables and ...