Accession of Ivan IV (The Terrible) of Russia

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.1.00: Slavic and Russian Writing and Culture: Old, Medieval and Tsarist, 700-1917.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

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Changes of government, elections and reigns

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Date of occurrence 1533

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Russia (Location)

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Ivan IV (who will come to be known as Ivan the Terrible) succeeds to the throne, aged three, on the death of his father Basil (Vasili) III. His mother, Helen Glinski, becomes Regent, but this arrangement only lasts until 1538, when she dies of what many believe to have been assassination by poison. Ivan assumed full power in 1544, at the age of 14.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Accession of Ivan IV (The Terrible) of Russia". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=14512, accessed 20 April 2024.]

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