Ivan IV of Russia - Ivan IV of Russia zh-cn:伊凡四世 Ivan IV of Russia (August 25, 1530 - March 18, 1584), first tsar of all Russia. Known in the Russian language as Ivan Grozny (Иван Грозный) (Thunderous), known in English as Ivan the Terrible. This tsar retains his place in the Russian folk tradition simply as Ivan Vasilyevich (Vasilly III's son). Ivan came to the throne at age three and was crowned tsar at age sixteen on January 16, 1547. The early part of reign was one of peaceful reforms and modernization. Ivan revised the law code, created a standing army, established the Zemsky Sobor, the council of the nobles, and subordinated the church to the state, making a system of rituals and regulations. Ivan formed new trading connections, opening up.
Feodor I of Russia - Feodor I of Russia Feodor I of Russia (1584-1598) The last of the Riurikovich Czars, Feodor was born mentally disabled and was nothing more than a figurehead during his reign. He inherited a land devastated by the excesses of his father Ivan the Terrible and Russia further declined under his reign. His failure to reproduce brought an end to the centuries old dynasty and led Russia into the Time of Troubles. He is known as Feodor the Bellringer because of his inclination to travel the land and ring the bells at churches. Preceded by: Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) List of Russian Tsars Succeeded by: Boris Godunov zh-cn:费多尔·伊万诺维奇.
Dimitri II of Russia - Dimitri II of Russia Dmitri II of Russia (ruled 1605-1606) was one of a series of pretenders who lead rebellions by claiming to be Dmitri, the son of Ivan the Terrible, who had died as a toddler under mysterious circumstances. Dmitri had the support of the Poles as well as the southern Cossacks. This army succeeded in overthrowing Feodor II, the son of Boris Godunov, and having him killed. Dmitri did not last long as a Czar, however, because of his violation of traditional Russian patterns of behaviour. Specifically, he was tolerant to other religious and didn't punish rebellion in bloody way. He was killed by the Russian nobles and Vasili Shusky was put in his place as Czar. Preceded by: Feodor II List of Russian Tsars Succeeded.
Rocky IV - Rocky IV Rocky IV is a 1985 movie that is part of the Rocky franchise. In this one, the main character, Rocky Balboa (Played by Sylvester Stallone), has said he plans to retire from boxing after recovering his title from Clubber Lang in Rocky III. A new sensation from Russia, Ivan Drago, however, begins to emerge as a top contender. Although Drago has never had a professional boxing fight and all his achievements came as an amateur, he comes to the United States, convinced he can beat any American world boxing champion. At the same time, Apollo Creed (played by Carl Weathers) wants to make a comeback and stop the Russian, whom he considers to be cocky and disrespectful. Rocky reluctantly agrees to train his friend Apollo.
List of Russians - - 1945), painter Andrei Rublev (circa 1360 - 1430), painter Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov (1865 - 1911), painter Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (1776 - 1857), painter Ivan Yakovlevich Vishnyakov (1699 - 1761), painter Authors Andrey Bely (1880 - 1934), poet and author Isaak Babel (1894-1940), author Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940), playwright and author Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953), First Russian Nobel Prize Winner Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904), playwright, The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, The Seagull Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881), Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment Ilya Gregoryevich Ehrenburg (1891 - 1947), novelist and WWII war correspondent Nikolai Gogol (1809 - 1852), author, Dead Souls Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (1812 - 1891), Oblomov Maxim Gorky (1868 - 1936), novelist, My Universities Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), poet, author and painter Nikolai Leskov (1831.
List of people by name: Iu-Iv - List of people by name: Iu-Iv List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ia - Ib - Ic - Id - Ie-If - Ig - Ih - Ii-Ik - Il - Im - In - Io - Ip-Iq - Ir - Is - It - Iu-Iv - Iw - Ix-Iz Iu Iv Ivan I of Russia, Ivan II of Russia, Ivan III of Russia, (1440-1505), (Ivan the Great) Ivan IV of Russia, (1530-1584), (Ivan the Terrible) Russian Tsar Ivan V of.
Vasili III of Russia - Vasili III of Russia Grand Prince Vasili III Ivanovitch of Vladimir (Васили III Иванович) (1505-1533) was a Russian tsar. Vasili III continued the policies of his father Ivan III and spent most of his reign consolidating Ivan's gains. Vasili ended the surviving autonomous institutions of his new provinces and was also a great builder constructing a number of churches throughout Russia. Preceded by: Ivan III (Ivan the Great) List of Russian Tsars Succeeded by: Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) zh-cn:瓦西里三世.
Kremlin - significant fortified structure on the hill. The city was greatly extended by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky in the 12th century. The fortress was named the Kremlin in 1331. Between 1366-1368, during the rule of Dmitri Donskoi, a white-stone citadel was constructed. By the 15th century the principalities of Russia were united under Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow, who became the Grand Prince of All Russia. He organised the reconstruction of the Kremlin, inviting a number of noted builders from Italy, the architect Aristotile Fioravanti among them. Buildings The irregular triangle of the Kremlin walls encloses an area of 27.5 hectares. Cathedral Square is the heart of the Kremlin. It is surrounded by six buildings, including three cathedrals. The Cathedral of the Dormition is the oldest structure, completed in 1479 to be.
Villain - but seemingly pointless mischief. See also: anti-hero; antagonist; stock character Some well known villains are: Fictional villains Angelo, in Measure for Measure Ambrosio, in The Monk Autolycus (Greek mythology) Bluebeard (folklore) Bluto (Popeye) Claudius, from Hamlet Moll Cutpurse (folklore) Count Dracula (Bram Stoker) Edmund, in King Lear Fagin (Charles Dickens) Fu Manchu (Sax Rohmer) Don Juan/Don Giovanni (folklore, Mozart) Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) Grendel (Beowulf) The Guardian (in the Ultima series of games) Uriah Heep (Charles Dickens) Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Iago, in Othello Hannibal Lecter, in Silence of the Lambs Simon Legree, in Uncle Tom's Cabin Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Macheath (The Threepenny Opera) The Man with No Eyes (Cool Hand Luke) Mephistopheles (Faust folklore) Mondain (in the Ultima series of games) Professor Moriarty (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Napoleon.
History of Bulgaria - prince. The present-day Republic of Bulgaria is situated in South-eastern Europe, to the right of the lower reaches of the Danube River. Her Black Sea coastline is famous for its resorts. The distinguishing geographic feature of the Balkan Peninsula - the Balkan Range (the Haemus, the Balkan) - stretches within its borders. The mountain massifs the Balkan Range, Sredna Gora, Strandja, the Rhodopes, Rila and the Pirin mountains - and the open plains make up the relief of this country which, over the elapsed thirteen centuries, has more than once discovered, rediscovered and revived itself; it has been discovered and rediscovered by other nations and countries as well. Bulgaria emerged and received official recognition following two victories over the cosmopolitan Byzantine empire. The first battles took place in the Danube delta.
History of Siberia - to the east of the Uralss. Agriculturists, tanners, merchants and mullahs (priests) were called from Turkestan, and small principalities sprang up on the Irtysh and the Ob. These were united by Khan Ediger, and conflicts with the Russians who were then colonising the Urals brought him into collision with Moscow; his envoys came to Moscow in 1555 and consented to a yearly tribute of a thousand sables. Novgorod and Muscovy As early as the 11th century the Novgorodians had occasionally penetrated into Siberia; but the fall of the Novgorod republic and the loss of its north-eastern dependencies checked the advance of the Russians across the Urals. On the defeat of an insurrection, many who were unwilling to submit to the iron rule of Moscow made their way to the settlements of.
History of anti-Semitism - England. On Feb 6 1190 all the Norwich Jews found in their houses were slaughtered, except few who found refuge in the castle. 1148-1212 The rule of the Almohads. Only Jews who had converted to Christianity or Islam are allowed to live in Granada. One of the refugees was Rambam (AKA Maimonides) who settled in Fez and later in Fustat near Cairo. 1171 The first Blood libel in Blois, France: 31 Jews burned at the stake. 1180 Philip Augustus of France after four months in power, imprisons all the Jews in his lands and demands a ransom for their release. In 1181 he annulls all loans made by Jews to Christians and takes a percentage for himself. A year later, he confiscates all Jewish property and expels the Jews from Paris..
Grand duke - the rulers of medieval Russian states. Grand Duke is the traditional translation of the title, velikii kniaz, which from the 11th century was the title of first the leading Russian prince (in Kiev), then of several Russian princes. From 1328 the velikii kniaz of Muscovy appeared as the Grand Duke for "all of Russia" until Ivan IV in 1547 was crowneded as tsar, thereafter the title was given to sons and grandsons of the tsar and emperors of Russia. A more accurate translation of the Russian title would be Great Prince - especially in the pre-Petrine era - but the term is neither standard nor widely used in English. In German, however, a Russian Grand Duke was known as a Großfürst, and in Latin as Magnus Princeps., This title was not.
Foundation of Modern Sweden - state could so self-reliant the a class of yeomen have been found. Again and again they had defended their own and the national liberties against foreign foes. In the national assemblies, too, their voice had always been powerful, and not infrequently predominant. In a word, they were the sound kernel of the still but partially developed Swedish constitution, the democratic safeguard against the monarchical tendency which was enveloping the rest of Europe. Gustav’s necessities had compelled him to break with the ecclesiastical traditions of Sweden; and they also compelled him, contrary to his masterful disposition, to accept constitutionalism, because without it his footing in his own kingdom would have been insecure. The peasants therefore were his natural allies, but, from the nature of the case, they tended to become his most.
1584 - the death of the Duc d'Anjou, the Huguenot Henry of Navarre becomes heir-presumptive to the throne of France. Archangelsk is founded in northern Russia. Feodor I succeeds his father Ivan IV as Tsar of Russia Births 16 December - John Selden, English jurist William Baffin, explorer (+ 1622) Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordsman (approximate date) Deaths June 1 - François, Duke of Anjou, fourth son of King Henry II of France July 10 - William the Silent, Dutch statesmen, stadtholder, and general Tsar Ivan IV of Russia The Confucian scholar Yi I of Joseon.
1547 - contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths Events January 16 - Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia. January 28 - Edward VI succeeds his father Henry VIII as King of England. February 20 - Edward VI of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey March 31 - Henry II succeeds his father Francis I as King of France April 24 - Battle of Mühlberg - Emperor Charles V defeats the forces of the Schmalkaldic League under the Elector John Frederick of Saxony. September 10 - Battle of Pinkie. An English army under the Duke of Somerset, Protector of England, defeats a Scottish army under James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, the Regent. The English seized Edinburgh. Births September 14 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman Deaths.
1533 - marriage with Catherine of Aragon officially declared annuled.Catherine refuses to accept and continues to believe herself the wife of Henry till her death. Russia, Ivan IV succeeds his father Vasili III as Grand Prince of Muscovy at 3 years old. Peru, Inca Ataualpa pays Francisco Pizarro ransom of approx. $100 million in gold; Pizarro executes him anyway. Peace treaty divides Hungary between Suleiman I and King Ferdinand Births February 28 - Michel de Montaigne, French author of Essays. April 24 - William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje) leader of Netherlands. September 7 - Princess Elizabeth Tudor, later Queen Elizabeth I of England. December 13 - King Eric XIV of Sweden Deaths Lucas van Leyden artist Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy\n.
1530 - In Brazil there was a new expedition from Martin Afonso de Souza to patrol the entire coast, banish the French, and to create the first colonial towns: Sao Vicente and Sao Paulo. Austrian forces capture Gran in Hungary, and raid as far as Buda. Births Ivan IV of Russia (Ivan The Terrible), first czar of all Russia. November 6 - Josias Simler ,Swiss scholar, mostly known as the author of the first book pertaining entirely to the Alps. Thomas Jones later known as Twm Shon Catti , Welsh outlaw,called the Welsh Robin Hood.(approximately) Jan Kochanowski Christopher Bathory, a prince of Transylvania John Whitgift, English archbishop Deaths British statesman Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. Quentin Matsys a painter in the Flemish tradition, founder of the Antwerp school. Babur the founder of India's Mughal Empire\n.
1690s - Trends World Leaders King Christian V of Denmark (1670 - 1699). King Frederick IV of Denmark (1699 - 1730). Queen Mary II of England (1689 - 1694). King William III of England (1689 - 1702). King Louis XIV of France (1643 - 1715). Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658 - 1705). Tsar Ivan V of Russia (1682 - 1696). Tsar Peter I of Russia (1682 - 1725). King Charles II of Spain (1665 - 1700). King Charles XI of Sweden (1660 - 1697). King Charles XII of Sweden (1697 - 1718)..
Alexander of Poland - Poland and grand- duke of Lithuania, fourth son of Casimir IV, king of Poland, was elected grand-duke of Lithuania on the death of his father in 1492, and king of Poland on the death of his brother John Albert in 1501. His relative lack of funds made him from the first subservient to the Polish senate and nobles (szlachta), who deprived him of the control of the mint--then one of the most lucrative sources of revenue of the Polish kings--curtailed his prerogative, and generally endeavoured to reduce him to a subordinate position. This ill-timed parsimony reacted injuriously upon Polish politics. Thus, for want of funds, Alexander was unable to assist the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights or prevent Czar Ivan III from ravaging Lithuania with the Tatars. The utmost the.
