Both Uses of
Ivan the Terrible
in
War and Peace
- If the conditions under which power is entrusted consist in the wealth, freedom, and enlightenment of the people, how is it that Louis XIV and Ivan the Terrible end their reigns tranquilly, while Louis XVI and Charles I are executed by their people?†
Chpt 15
- Is the movement of the Russian people eastward to Kazan and Siberia expressed by details of the morbid character of Ivan the Terrible and by his correspondence with Kurbski?†
Chpt 15 *
Definition:
Ivan IV: the first czar of Russia (1530-1584)