The Romanov Series #0: Ivan IV Grozny

30/06/2023 26 min

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00:00:00 - A brief history of Russia from the Mongol Yoke to Ivan IV Grozny
00:07:30 - A portrait of Ivan IV
00:20:25 - Conquest of Kazan
00:28:40 - Conquest of Astrakhan & Russo-Turkish war
00:34:00 - Livonian war
00:46:10 - Oprichnina & Novgorod massacre
00:56:35 - Grozny's wives and heirs
01:07:00 - Death of Ivan IV