The Russian Tyrant Who Killed His Own Son | Ivan the Terrible

Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the Terrible, was a significant figure in Russian history, serving as the first Tsar of all Russia. Ivan's life was a complex tapestry of political achievements, personal struggles, and erratic behaviour.
Ivan had a very complex personality he was described as intelligent and devout, but also prone to paranoia, rage, and episodic outbreaks of mental instability that increased with age. His nickname suggests a bloodthirsty and ineffective tyrant, but when ‘The Terrible’ title was first coined, it was intended to suggest an awe-inspiring and fearsome power. Accomplishing more than previous leaders, he aggressively expanded Russian territory, centralising a system of governance under his control. However, due to his actions his epithet of the terrible would be remembered to history of that of evil or psychotic ruler.
Ultimately, Ivan was a complicated man who suffered considerably in childhood and endured bouts of mental illness throughout his life. His reign transformed Russia from a feudal state into an empire, but also left her economically weakened for centuries to come. As the country’s first Tsar, Ivan laid the foundation for the nation Russia and showed promise and ambition but his later years were marred by paranoia and cruelty, this is his story.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction - Ivan the Terrible
01:42 Chapter 1 - Early Life
05:17 Chapter 2 - Ivan the Terrible Defeats the Mongols
07:28 Chapter 3 - Traitors and Tragedies
09:11 Chapter 4 - Ivan establishes the Oprichniki
11:49 Chapter 5 - The Massacre of Novgorod
14:53 Chapter 6 - Ivan Kills his Son
17:47 Chapter 7 - Death & Legacy
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[@Falconlibrary]

When you call a guy "the Terrible", you've got to expect him to live up to the name, you guys.

[@historyprofiles]

Indeed thank you so much for watching!

[@Irish_qatari1982]

I call him Ivan the great. Killed a lot of #khazarians bless him

[@Goran1138]

Russian word "Grozny" is not even close to the meaning of the word "Terrible". Russian word "Ujasny" means "Terribe", "Grozny" literally translating as "Those who like thunderstrom", and means something really powerful and mighty, and little bit grumpy (like a rainy day).

[@chrissibersky4617]

Always a treat to listen to this narrator. I think he was known for his cruelty very early on though. I recently read about the daughter of king Sigismund of Poland, Katarina Jagellonica, who later became the wife of the Swedish king John III. Ivan once visited Poland before he was married to propose to Katarina Jagellonica. All the time during his visit Katarina cried nonstop because she had heard of Ivan's cruelty. King Sigismund certainly wouldn't give his daughter to Ivan because of the man's reputation but he said "maybe" and told him to get back to Russia and wait. After a time Sigismund sent a mare dressed in a wedding dress to Moscow as a gift to Ivan and then gave his daughters hand to a (then) Swedish Prince instead. Ivan was furious for some reason and declared war on Poland and Sweden.

[@anathema2325]

"for some reason" lmao . Sounded well deserved though

[@historyprofiles]

That is a crazy story about ivan! There are so many that have sprung up over the ages! The lost library fascinates me the most! Thank you for watching!

[@ELKE-]

Magnificent video! Thank you for great history of all time. I sure enjoy all your uploads

[@cherylbrooks7005]

Excellent as usual!

[@carrioncrow7687]

15:59 That haunted look after he killed his son. You can just hear him thinking ''My God, what have I done.''

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!!

[@Goran1138]

This Repin's artwork is outstanding, but in reality historians do not have any proofs, that Ivan IV really killed his son. This story comes only from few very biased sources, like Polish sources (which was in war with Russia during those time) or mercenaries like Henric fon Shtaden. Russian sources (mostly from Orthodox Church writings) has information, that young Ivan died from disease, and Ivan IV vent into deepest depression. This version is much more possible, because it was very typical for those times, The most interesting nuance in this story hiding in fact, that Ivan IV granddad Great Prince Ivan III The Great also had oldest son with the same name Ivan, who also died from desease, but nobody calling him a kinslayer. Overall similarities between reigns of the Ivan IV and Ivan III had almost mystical level - both limited rights of aristocracy (with their big butthurt), both increased territory of their kingdom, both creating new armies, both created centralized state, both built many new towns and monasteries, and even both had full name Ivan Vasilyevich. Ivan IV was just not lucky enough to be last noticable tsar from Rurikovich dinasty, who started long confrontation with Poland. Both the new Romanovs dynasty and catholic Polish sources just created comically evil image from Ivan IV< when in reality he was typical monarch of his time.

[@thomassugg5621]

Amazing video as always 😊 always enjoy your work.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much 😀

[@CaesiusX]

Thank you for this. Essays such as this continue to make KZbin a worthy place for entertainment and education. 😎👍

[@historyprofiles]

My pleasure!

[@user-nj5bd8ly1y]

Excellent video sir. Most interesting.

[@historyprofiles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@LeadLeftLeon]

top-notch narrator & editing!

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you it means a lot!

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for the video and information it was good

[@historyprofiles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@-RONNIE]

@@historyprofiles I did and I'm really enjoying your content I'm trying to watch all the back videos it's going to take me awhile

[@matthewwaters5317]

He was not the only ruler who did some strange and terrible things in the 16th Century, Henry VIII got married 6 times and beheaded 2 of his wives and Charles IX of France was responsible for the St Bartholomew day massacre in 1572, Ivan I think was the most terrible though

[@ladylunaginaofgames40]

Mainly cus he marries just as many wives as Henry the 8th (some claimed to be 8), tormented his nobles after years of abuse under their thumb and influence, destroyed a city he suspected is planning against him, murdered his son and assaulted his daughter-in-law, and so much more. The irony is that he owed everything that led him down this path to the death of his first wife, whose lineage was used when Ivan's bloodline died out: leading to the Romenovs.

[@4wheelliving132]

Great video as always, but who the heck is doing the artwork? Some of those pictures should be in a museum

[@melissavancleave8686]

When you really look at his childhood alot of his "crazy" is understandable. Great video.

[@Goran1138]

He never was "crazy". Sometimes he was cruel, but in those times ALL monarchs in Europe did same things and even worse. For example, only during Bartholomew night massacre in France was more kills, then Ivan IV executed during all his reign (and he had 50 years rule, longest in the Russian history). In reality he was not a crazy maniac, he was a troll, who constantly caused butthurt among highest aristocracy, which hated Ivan even more due to the fact, that Ivan IV had very high rating and respect among common people, and in the case of open assassination of Ivan by their hands they are would get instant rebellion.

[@picklerick.n.666]

Hi H.P. once again deep respect for your work and passionate national may the Good Lord watch over us all in these weird times from Croatia-Europe 😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@Tzimiskes3506]

Well the man wasn't exaclty a family man but he was certainly great by defeating turks and political reforms.

[@historyprofiles]

😂😂 thank you for watching!!

[@mktf5582]

The Oprichniki look like The Nazgul/WringWraiths from LOTR.

[@historyprofiles]

Men in black cloaks emulating monks that were always hooded! They ran ivans police state and would massacre thousands, must have been a scary sight

[@Goran1138]

@@historyprofiles "Police state" is absurd terminology for XVI century.Police is a result of rapidly increased towns during early stages of capitalism, Russia in XVI century was feudal state. Oprichnina was not dystopian dictatorship and oprichniki were not "secret police" and were not monks. Closest analogue of Oprichnina was French Ile-de-France - feudal domain of the king himself. And oprichniki was a regural army, or a King Guard. Suppression of the local rebellion was not their daily work - mostly they are died during wars against Poland. And they are did not wearing hood all time - only during rain, because it is really uncomfortable to ride a horse with limited view, damn it. In reality Russia increased in size during Ivan IV reign, and Ivan tried to reform the state for better management. He separated country to "zemshina" (frontier lands) and "oprichnina" (imperial core). Idea was in plan, that in the times, when you don't have any access to phone or any other quick messages, centralized rule on such big territory become painfully slow. Ivan IV granted many priveleges and rights to zemshina, but on my lands everything will be by my will. Much later Ivan's plan of frontier with self-management (but still loyal to monarch) will be realised in the form of Cossacks, but during Ivan reign Oprichnina shows, that separated army has obvious problems with logistics and command chain. Thats why Ivan abilished Oprichnina soon by himself. In short, Oprichnina was not just constant terror, it was failed land reform with included one separatists uprising and many intrigues among elite.

[@Deborahtunes]

This is why I don't like hierarchical governments. They were constantly trying to get rid of each other to become the next in power...

[@aahmadov]

Funny part is that Иван Грозный should mean Ivan the Formidable or fearsome, Even though he was terrible guy, but Russian called him different

[@NikitaAktav]

Ivan the menacing

[@p.b.8368]

Great content. It gives perspective. I can understand why he was paranoid. Reminds me of a joker backstory. Humanizes him. Everyone deserves empathy.

[@user-ux4pf7bw8w]

It’s interesting that in fact, his nickname from Russian is translated not as Terrible, but as Thunderstorm. Moreover, as they found out after opening the burial of Ivan IV and his son, he most likely died of illness or was poisoned. And this ancient Meme that he broke his son’s head is not confirmed by anything at all and in fact is a rumor popularized in the West by aristocrats who escaped from him, who had a grudge against him.... And also by direct enemies, like the Poles. And the roots come from the Pope's ambassador, Antonio Possevino. In the winter of 1582, he was in Russia as a participant in Russian-Polish negotiations. In 1586 his treatise "Muscovy" was published. In this work, Possevino voiced his version of the death of Tsarevich Ivan. That is, in reality, there is NO evidence AT ALL that he killed his son, and the information in this video is based on popularized speculation. Last but not least, rumors based on the words of a Jesuit, whose goal was to subjugate Muscovy to the Catholic Church... And whose mission failed due to the fact that Ivan IV did not bend in negotiations with Poland.

[@ginamontgomery340]

Thank you for this video. So sad. I do not doubt he was a psychopath. With his Mother and wife being murdered, these evils had to contribute greatly towards his mental illness. He was evil and, in my opinion, did much more bad then good. It is the people being murdered, tortured and starved who were the victims of this psychopathic, evil tyrant. Another example of the dangers of many being ruled by one demonic person. So sad. Yes, he was right in saying, "May I be damned- I killed my son". He was damned already and is likely in hell still.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching!! Yea his upbringing no doubt moulted him into the man he became!

[@diegoom225]

How can I get your scripts? I am learning English and your videos have helped to get plenty of expressions and new words. Amazing content

[@historyprofiles]

How can I help you?

[@diegoom225]

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[@deenagara9151]

Wow! Good try on a Russian history, it's very interesting if it were not for that 1997 film, Anastasia!

[@Scraggledust]

It’s intriguing to think about what Russia would be like today, if monarchy had stayed the main form of government. Ivan was psychotic with increasing “mad hatters” illness

[@William-Marshall]

@Elke848 try to ignore this disrespectful behavior. Best to just ignore, never engage with anyone of this ilk. Keep enjoying and learning.

[@lordofthehouseofstormcrows8615]

Man, how come we never hear of Ivan the Easy going, or Ivan the "kinda grumpy, but still cool." ? Well i guess if monikers make the monarch, Ivan the "Take your shoes off when you come in this house" wouldve been mine

[@Hoosier_Cuddy765]

I wonder if his mental issues were do to just having a mental disorder like bipolar, paranoid schizophrenia or later in life suffering from dementia or if he was affected by unsafe levels of different metals or mercury in the water and medicines or some kind of parasite, bacteria or an infection that he was suffering from that made him go insane

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

May God forgive him... ♥️

[@ladylunaginaofgames40]

His legacy is so great that not only the number of wives he had was exaggerated, but there were omens surrounding his birth and ascension to Tsar as well. We're only lucky that Ivan's Bloodline died out and his marriage to his first wife was used in the ascensions of the Romanov family. It started with an Anastasia, it ended with an Anastasia

[@Goran1138]

Actually, not. Romanovs family started from the nobleman Andrey Kobyla, and he has connection with the house of the Zaharyin-Yuriev, which become house of Romanovs only after Times of Troubles in the early 17th century. Ivans IV wife Anastasia even did not had "Romanov" in her family name, she had only "Romanovna" as patronim, not her surname. Besides, their bloodline did not ended with Anastasia. She was not the last heir of the Russian trone, and many Romanovs still alive in emigration. Besides, if we looking only for direct male blood line, Romanovs family ended after death of the Peter II, and Russian throne was taken by Holstein-Hottrops from Germany.

[@ladylunaginaofgames40]

@@Goran1138 if we refer to the Tsar-dom continually after the time of troubles

[@NikitaAktav]

Most evil ruler? Ivan the fourth was a charm angel compared to a somebody like Cromwell

[@larrywave]

Are you really paranoid if they are trying to kill you ?

[@larrysherk]

It is silly to call Ivan Grozny "most evil". He had never got along with his rebellious son Dmitri. No worse than dozens of other autocrats across the globe and across time.

[@Irish_qatari1982]

He blocked the #khazarianmafia aka goverments

[@user-mz1sp3wi9b]

Well he's called I am the terrible with good reason he .ot call Ed Ivan the nice not Ivan the good do you get the picture

[@garysuplee5092]

Nice try dad 😨.

[@MarianneKat]

I'd prolly still vote for him for USA president in 2024😅

[@Goran1138]

Kinda fun fact, that Ivan IV actually was a candidate in election. In 1572 Polish king died without heirs, and Polish-Lithuanian nobility started process of election of the new Polish king. Poland itself was mostly Catholic country, but Lithuania had a huge percent of the Orthodox Christians (including nobility), which became a minority, when Poland joined their lands. Thats why those Orthodox part from Lithunian nobility promoted Ivan IV as candidate for Polish throne, because they are wanted a king, who has same faith as their. Besides, Russian Tsardom already taked Kazan and Astrakhan khanates, which was Muslim countries, and Ivan IV shows, that under his rule other religions will had less pressure from central government. Ivan IV initially supported this initiative, and even was in the debates with other candidates, but later he changed his mind and taked away himself from election list.

[@LeadLeftLeon]

Ivan the Terrible. Lost in translation. Ivan Groznyy. So his name meant Ivan the Formidable. One not to be ucked with. Lining up with his paranoia

[@fidelio9301]

What he did in crimea is a good thing, they didn’t belong there anyway.

[@shaifunnessa7816]

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[@realslimsh8y]

Mediveal version of stalin

[@GHST995]

This explains a great deal about the ruzz psyche and outlook on life.

[@shovelhead1705]

I'm pretty sure the kid was his distant relative and he killed him because he was a successor to the crown