Ivan the Terrible died March 28th, 1584. from a stroke while playing chess with Bogdan Belsky, a Russian statesman.

In my opinion Peter the great was a better tsar than any other Tsar even though, catherine the great did some of contributions and lead russia to better place however, peter the great expanded west -europe dictate over 13-20 countries, and fought against sweeden for 20 years and got victory. Plus, he westernized Russia. He also was the one who lead everything and Catherine followed in his footsteps(technically).

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No Ivan "the terrible" died in the late 1500's before Ivan, Peters brother was even born.

If I'm not mistaken he was Russian Orthodox, as you were expected to be at that period if of any social role that mattered, especially royalty. But deep down, I doubt he cared much about religion... so complete guess: non-believer (?)

Ivan the Terrible died by having a stroke while playing chess

He may have hated some of the nobility, or he may have hated no one. He was a very good leader at times, and at other times, he was dangerous and unstable. We can't be sure about who he hated consistently because he was mentally unstable, and would fly into rages. He killed his son during a rage, and he had his personal army kill a lot of people because of his paranoia.

For much of Russian history, the czars ruled as absolute monarchs. Peter the Great attempted to introduce a meritocracy during his reign.

Ivan the Terrible is important for many reasons, but most significant is that he was the first Czar of Russia. First, one must understand that his nickname in Russian, grozny, does not have a negative connotation and a better translation would likely be Ivan the Fearsome or Ivan the Formidable. This was not only because of his paranoia driving him to kill his heir Ivan Ivanovich and treat the nobles and others so brutally after a near-fatal illness and the death of his favorite wife. It was also because he conquered significant portions of modern day Russia, essentially encompassing the European Portions of Modern day Russia and started the settlement of Serbia from his original base as the Grand Principality of Moscow.

He was very cruel to the Russian people and was brutal to those who opposed him.

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Ivan IV was called Ivan the terrible cause his temper grew as he got older. Ivan also killed a lot of rich people including his eldest son.

Turns out, his dad died at when he was 3. Mom couldn't take care of him. Boyars took care of him. He hated the boyars and became mentally terrible. The only thing he liked was reading.

Yes Ivan The Terrible did use mercury. Some say, he would treat his back pain with mercury which would put him in a bipolar state.

He was named after his grandfather.

... Oh. The "Terrible" part? Well, he was pretty terrible, in the sense of "inspiring terror"; he was the first Russian ruler to claim the title "Tsar of All the Russias", and it's speculated that he was mentally ill.

I don't think that there are any body counts - but you asked about vlad dracul (Vlad II "the dragon") It is well known that he murdered rivals, and participated in wars. If you are asking about Vlad III Dracula ("son of the dragon"), aka Vlad Tepes "the Impaler"), we still wouldn't know, as he was also war-like. Interestingly, Vlad II died in his 50s, and Vlad III in his 40s, so Vlad II had ten more years to raid.

The "boyars," who were the Russian nobles, lost the most power during the reign of Ivan the Terrible.

Ivan IV Vasilyevich

On November 19, 1581, Ivan beat his son's pregnant wife because he was angry with her because of the clothes she wore. She miscarried the baby as a result of the beating. His son argued with Ivan about this beating. In a fit of rage, Ivan struck his son on the head with an iron-tipped staff. The son lay in a coma for several days before he died of the festering wound. Ivan had always had a good relationship with his eldest son, and was overcome by grief, beating his head againt his son's coffin. He did later show some remorse over his son's death.

He was the 15th century 'Grand Prince" of Moscow Ivan III, the first to style himself "Tsar". He lived from 1440 to 1505. He is famous for ending the Mongols' domination of Russia and for greatly extending the territories under Moscow's control.

it was a secret police organized by Ivan the terrible

They were the heir at the age of 14