Was Tsar Ivan the Terrible a great ruler? Detailed answer

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Was Tsar Ivan the Terrible a great ruler?

Some historians believe that it was, but what is its greatness - they explain rather confusingly. At the beginning of his reign, Ivan the Terrible won two wars - he conquered the Kazan and Astrakhan khanates. All other wars started by Grozny were successfully lost. The capture of Kazan and Astrakhan somewhat weakened the Tatar threat, but did not eliminate it at all.

Fifteen years after the capture of Astrakhan, the troops of the Crimean Khan approached Moscow. The tsar, who was stationed with an army in Serpukhov, fled to Aleksandrovskaya Sloboda, and from there to Rostov, leaving Moscow to its fate. Moscow was burned, more than 200 thousand people died in the fire, about 150 thousand more Tatars were taken away in full.

What Ivan was really great in was his cruelty, which amazed people even in those merciless times. During the capture of Kazan, almost the entire male population of the city was slaughtered. When the tsar undertook to subjugate Novgorod, allegedly about to surrender to the hand of the Polish king, more than a hundred thousand people were killed in the city. People were executed in the most brutal ways, along with their wives and children.

Mass executions accompanied Ivan's entire reign. He left behind a devastated, bloodless country.

Author: Cellarius E.Yu.

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