Ivan IV

American  

noun

1. Ivan the Terrible, 1530–84, first czar of Russia 1547–84.

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Ivan IV British  

noun

1. known as Ivan the Terrible. 1530–84, grand duke of Muscovy (1533–47) and first tsar of Russia (1547–84). He conquered Kazan (1552), Astrakhan (1556), and Siberia (1581), but was defeated by Poland in the Livonian War (1558–82) after which his rule became increasingly oppressive

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Example Sentences

Ivan IV was, like his grandfather, a highly successful leader in war.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Two generations later, Ivan IV came to power in Muscovy.

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This trend continued under his son, Ivan IV, who would become an absolute ruler.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Like Sergei Eisenstein's film classic�the score is based largely on Prokofiev's music for that movie�the ballet is an episodic, ponderously romanticized narrative about Czar Ivan IV.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even the conquest of Siberia, from the first advance of the Novgorod merchants in the eleventh century, through the wars of Ivan IV, and his successors, attests this.

From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by Cramb, J. A. (John Adam)