Born in 1530 to Grand Prince Vasily III and Princess Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's childhood was marked by turbulence and the turmoil of Moscow's power struggles. His father's death when he was only three ...

The northwestern Russian city of Vologda has erected a 9-meter-tall statue of Tsar Ivan IV, better known as Ivan the Terrible ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has draped himself in old-fashioned, medieval conceptions of Russian history to add symbolic weight to his authoritarian government. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko ...

Want to look evil straight in the eye? Scientists have put a face to a notorious name after digitally reconstructing the visage of one of history’s greatest monsters — Ivan the Terrible. “It was a ...

Pro-Kremlin activists in the city of Astrakhan have unveiled a bust of Tsar Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the Terrible, on private land after the city's administration refused to locate it on a public ...

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Explore the dark legacy of the Romanov Imperial House, which ruled Russia for 300 years and made numerous enemies. This video ...