Ivan IV or Ivan the Terrible
A Russian ruler was called a Tsar or Czar, depending on your preferred spelling.
it's A: Ivan the Terrible
President of the Russian Federation .
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.
He was an absolute!
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That was Ivan.
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Joseph Stalin is the most infamous Russian dictator. He was communistic and killed 20-30 million of his own people during his reign of terror. His successors and predecessors were also very cruel and authoritarian. There are many Russian kings or Czars that were cruel dictators such as Ivan the Terrible, hence his name.
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