The city of Oryol (220 miles south of Moscow) erected the country’s first monument to Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the Terrible, in October. He was one of many Russian rulers who remain divisive ...

Ivan IV, convinced that the city’s leaders, clergy and most prominent citizens were conspiring against him, ordered an assault on the city in 1570.

On Wednesday, Russia's deputy foreign minister Oleg Syromolotov told reporters that Britain has been Russia's enemy since Ivan the Terrible, whose real name was Ivan IV Vasilyevich, ruled as Tsar ...

In 1581, shortly before his death, the terror-loving tsar killed his son and only viable heir Ivan IV in a fit of fury. To bring his likeness to life, Moraes first amassed data from a scientific ...

Moraes described the final results as a “strong and determined” likeness of the Russian tyrant. Ivan IV died aged 53 during a game of chess and was succeeded by his second son, Feodor Ivanovich.

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 por ...

MOSCOW — Ivan the Terrible, the Russian czar, should really be considered Ivan the Not So Bad, according to a wildly popular historical exhibition held recently near the Kremlin.

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, the late 16th-century “tsar and grand prince of all Russia,” better known by his unflattering moniker, has long been regarded as one of Russia’s most brutal leaders.

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