He was a very angry man, he became paranoid after his wife's death and he was a very isolated person, never really had the attention he needed.
There is a myth that Ivan the Terrible blinded them after they built Saint Basil's Cathedral so that they could never build anything so beautiful again.
Ivan the Terrible had anger problems.
He could not control himself. He even killed his favorite son! And other harsh things.
I think it was the Boyars, or great nobles...
because he kill so manyy people and that included his son
Ivan the Great was The Grand pronce of Moscow from 1462 to 1505 not sure how he died. Ivan the Terrible was Czar of Russia from 1533 to 1584. He died of a stroke while playing chess with his body guard.
No. He was a Russian arthodox, but i don't think he really believed in his religion. It was probobly just because he was part of the royal family, so he was more like a non-believer
Well, back then, they had a different life style and having more than wife/husband was a part of it.