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- The oprichnina (Russian: опри́чнина, IPA: [ɐˈprʲitɕnʲɪnə]) was a state policy implemented by Tsar Ivan the Terrible in Russia between 1565 and 1572. The...
- quickly became possibly the most vicious in the brutal legacy of the oprichnina, with casualties estimated between two thousand to fifteen thousand and...
- Russia.) The combination of bad harvests, devastation brought by the oprichnina and Tatar raids, the prolonged war and overpo****tion caused a severe...
- oprichnina and, having become its head, separated for her from the land "outside her" people and income; all that was not included in this oprichnina...
- aside; plural Oprichniki) was the designation given to a member of the Oprichnina, a bodyguard corps established by Tsar Ivan the Terrible to govern a division...
- finally abandoned the practices of the oprichnina. According to a po****r theory,[citation needed][by whom?] the oprichnina was started by Ivan in order to mobilize...
- Ivan the Terrible (he claimed to be a member of the Oprichnina)," the city, the palace, the Oprichnina palace, and the suburbs burned down completely in...
- rule of King Henry VIII during the Tudor period as a police state. The Oprichnina established by Tsar Ivan IV within the Russian Tsardom in 1565 functioned...
- is an old Russian fortress which served as the actual capital of the oprichnina in the Moscow state from 1564 until 1581. It was situated on the current...
- Скуратов) (? – January 1, 1573) was one of the most odious leaders of the Oprichnina during the reign of Ivan the Terrible. Malyuta Skuratov rose to prominence...