person
Ivan the Terrible
also: Zar Iwan der Grause, Tsar Ivan
Ivan IV of Russia (1530-1584), the first crowned tsar, by repute cruel and dreaded; invoked as the 'fearsome forebear' of the present Emperor of Russia.
Reading notes
- Stories of God §21 Tsar Ivan the Terrible
Ivan IV of Russia (1530-1584), the dread first tsar, named here as the 'fearsome forebear' of the present Emperor of Russia.
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §364 Ivan the Terrible
Ivan IV (1530--1584), first crowned tsar of Russia, whose guardsmen had known him 'in all his reality'; the True Dmitri was his youngest son.