When it comes to the tsars in Russian history, it is necessary to mention this Ivan IV (1530-1584), who lived. Ivan IV had a creepy nickname: "Ivan the Terrible", and the Tsar's deepest impression was that the tyranny he did was enough to make him one of the most terrible tyrants in the world.
Beginning in 1564, Ivan the Terrible relied on his powerful royal power and prestige to draw the Patriarch to his side. The combination of royal power and clerical power created a powerful Leviathan, and over the next 20 years, Ivan the Terrible used various means to eliminate and kill the great nobles who posed a threat to him, killing more than 4,000 nobles.
In the face of foreign enemies, Ivan the Terrible was not soft. After defeating his old rivals Novgorod and Kazan, Ivan the Terrible brutally purged the nobles and inhabitants of both places, killing tens of thousands of people. These acts left a deep impression on people, and the name "Thunder Emperor" was even more widely known.
During ivan the terrible, ivan the terrible strengthened serfdom in order to enable the state to exploit the people's labor more effectively. Beginning in 1581, Ivan the Terrible issued a ban on peasants from migrating during the forbidden year of the Festival of Juli. With the passage of time, the scope of the prohibition became wider and longer, and by the time of his son's ascension to the throne, the serf had almost no freedom of movement, and his status was equivalent to that of a serf.
Ivan the Terrible's most famous story is the killing of his son in 1581. One day that year, the grumpy old tsar thought that his pregnant daughter-in-law did not understand court etiquette, so he beat his daughter-in-law with a scepter to a miscarriage. Upon hearing the news, the crown prince came to protect his wife, but Ivan the Terrible beat her to death. This incident dealt a great blow to the Emperor, and after that, Ivan the Emperor's tyrannical policy came to an end.
However, if Ivan the Terrible was considered a tyrant who could only do tyrannical things, he was greatly underestimated. Emperor Lei's position in Russian history is very high, not only because he treats his enemies fiercely, but also because his series of domestic policies have perfected Russia's state system, and his military conquest plan has greatly expanded Russia's power.
Before Ivan the Terrible ascended the throne, the central power of Russia was weak in the face of the great nobility. When his father Ivan III died, revolts broke out in Russia. At such a moment of crisis, Ivan the Terrible convened the "Council of Heavy Ministers" and the "Council of Gentlemen", convened the great figures of all classes in the country to discuss state affairs, and finally came to the conclusion of strengthening the centralization of power. Over the next decade or so, Ivan the Terrible reformed the judiciary and administration and established a bureaucratic system that enabled Russia's national strength and stability to develop rapidly.
Beginning in the 1560s, Russia began to implement a system called "special jurisdiction". The Rede divided Russian land into "special jurisdictions" and "ordinary areas", of which the quality of land in special jurisdictions is often far above that of ordinary areas. The Tsar demanded that the nobles whose fiefs were in the special jurisdiction give up their fiefs and compensate for the same area of ordinary district land, in effect in this way all the good lands were nationalized.
During the reign of Ivan the Terrible, the greatest credit was the external conquest. Ivan the Terrible used troops against the Khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan in the east and successfully annexed them, and since then Russia has been experiencing the conquest of vast Siberian lands. However, Ivan the Terrible suffered a setback in his use of troops against the West. In 1558, Russia launched an offensive against the Baltic state of Livonia, known in history as the "Livonian War". However, the ambitions of the Emperor Caused Poland and Sweden to be vigilant, and they united to defeat Tsarist Russia, and the Emperor's use of troops failed.
Ivan the Terrible, though known for his brutality, should not erase his historical exploits. Ivan the Terrible was a pivotal figure in Russian history who greatly weakened the nobility and put Russia on the path of centralization; his exploration of Siberia was the search for an untapped treasure for Russia.