Russian President Vladimir Putin has draped himself in old-fashioned, medieval conceptions of Russian history to add symbolic weight to his authoritarian government. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko ...

Born in 1530 to Grand Prince Vasily III and Princess Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's childhood was marked by turbulence and the turmoil of Moscow's power struggles. His father's death when he was only three ...

Want to look evil straight in the eye? Scientists have put a face to a notorious name after digitally reconstructing the visage of one of history’s greatest monsters — Ivan the Terrible. “It was a ...

The northwestern Russian city of Vologda has erected a 9-meter-tall statue of Tsar Ivan IV, better known as Ivan the Terrible, the Kommersant business daily reported Monday. The monument, installed on ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) Beginning in September 2025, Russian middle and high school students will be handed a new textbook titled “My Family.” Published in March 2025, the textbook’s co-author Nina ...