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Oprichniks (Russian: опри́чники, IPA: [ɐˈprʲitɕnʲɪk], oprichniki,
meaning "men of oprichina"; singular:
oprichnik) were a
corps that
served as bodyguards...
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after the
tragedy The
Oprichniks (Russian: Опричники) by Ivan
Lazhechnikov (1792–1869). The
subject of the
opera is the
oprichniks. It is set in Ivan the...
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recurrent symbol of
freedom that
progressively slips away from the
Oprichnik (the real
Oprichniks of the 16th
century always rode
black horses). The oprichnina...
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extended to
eight central districts. Of the 12,000
nobles there, 570
became oprichniks, and the rest were expelled. They had to make
their way to the zemshchina...
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foreign policy decisions made by Ivan the Terrible. The
inability of the
Oprichniks to
protect the
capital highlighted the
urgent necessity of disbanding...
- A Song
about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, the
Young Oprichnik, and the
Valorous Merchant Kalashnikov (Russian: Песня про царя Ивана Васильевича, молодого опричника...
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Flowers and Insects. The
first Tchaikovsky opera to
survive intact, The
Oprichnik,
premiered in 1874.
During its composition, he lost Ostrovsky's part-finished...
- the Daydov-Khromy
branch of the
Chelyadnin family. Subsequently, the
Oprichniks under the Tsar
looted and
thoroughly destro**** all the vast Chelyadnin...
- The
Oprichny Dvor (Russian: Опричный двор;
literally Apart Yard) or
Oprichniks (Russian: Опричники; Oprichniki) was a
Russian ultranationalist social and...
- Skuratova-Belskaya, the
daughter of
Malyuta Skuratov-Belskiy, head of the
oprichniks. In 1580, the Tsar
chose Boris Godunov's
sister Irina Godunova (1557–1603)...
