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In popular imagination Ivan "the Terrible" is an archetypical mad, cruel and tyrannical ruler. How warranted this reputation? How much his actions were outside of norms compared to contemporary monarchs of Europe?

by /u/Kerkinitis in /r/AskHistorians

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