Ivan the Terrible

Cultural  

1. A Russian czar of the sixteenth century. Ivan struggled constantly with the nobles of Russia and became famous for his brutality toward his enemies.

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Example Sentences

But after the fall of the Soviet Union, evidence emerged that Mr. Demjanjuk had not been Ivan the Terrible; Israel released him in 1991 and he returned to Cleveland.

From New York Times

When Soviet forensic scientists exhumed the remains of Ivan the Terrible in the early 1960s, they were surprised to find them saturated with mercury.

From New York Times

A key theme in your book is that since the very early days of the Russian nation, Russians have longed for an authority figure, from Ivan the Terrible to the czars to Stalin.

From Los Angeles Times

But the history at play reaches back to the mid-1500s, when Ivan the Terrible became the first czar of Russia and expanded its territory to include much of modern-day Ukraine and Belarus.

From Washington Times

But in 1993, the Israeli Supreme Court overturned his conviction, citing reasonable doubt that he was “Ivan the Terrible.”

From New York Times