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Ivan IV
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Ivan IV
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(Biographies / Ivan IV (1530-1584) M, Russian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) known as Ivan the Terrible. 1530-84, grand duke of Muscovy (1533-47) and first tsar of Russia (1547-84). He conquered Kazan (1552), Astrakhan (1556), and Siberia (1581), but was defeated by Poland in the Livonian War (1558-82) after which his rule became increasingly oppressive
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Noun1.Ivan IV - the first czar of Russia (1530-1584)Ivan IV - the first czar of Russia (1530-1584)
Ivan Iv Vasilievich, Ivan the Terrible
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No-one notable has ever married more times in history, except Ivan IV of Russia, Ivan the Terrible, who certainly married seven times, and perhaps eight.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Nash, Michael L. / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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