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Ivan IV, The Terrible (1530-84) Russian Czar (1547-1584). Ivan subjugated the ancient nobility employing many cruelties, gaining for him the name "Terrible."
J. N. Larned, Larned's History of the World, Vol. III (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 472. (Ivan IV, The Terrible.)
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