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Ivan Chetvyorty Vasilyevich was born on August 25, 1530, in the Grand Duchy of Muscovy
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Ivan becomes the first Russian Czar.
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First Period of rule.
-Added Land
-Codified Laws to Unite Russia
-Ruled justly and fairly -
Wife dies of mysterious illness. Ivan believes Anastasia to be murdered. Beginning of his bad ruling period.
-blamed boyards and began to kill them
-secret police (Oprichnina) killed anyone he considered a traitor or a threat -
Second Period of Rule.
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Ivan the Terrible kills his oldest son over the argument about what his son's wife was wearing the day she died.
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Son was unable to rule due to his mental challenges.
-Ivan's son died without an heir
-The boyars struggle for power -
Romanov begin's a dynasty in Russia that will last the next 300 years and brings back stability to Russia.
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Peter, later called Peter the Great is born.
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Alexis and Peter were proclaimed co-Czars because they were under age. Alexis was his older brother who was feeble minded and unable to rule.
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