Ivan the Terrible
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An old Kremlin joke about Vladimir Putin is that the Russian president has only three trusted advisers: Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great and Catherine the Great.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
Grigorovich's productions of the Stone Flower, Ivan the Terrible and Romeo and Juliet redefined Soviet ballet.
From BBC ● May 20, 2025
According to legend, Ivan the Terrible blinded architect Postnik Yakovlev so that the latter could never re-create which building that stands in Red Square?
From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2023
He said that Mr. Putin has only three advisers: Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, who may have been great.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
He had little interest, though, in such figures as Ivan the Terrible or Peter the Great or Joseph Stalin or Leo Tolstoy or Alexander Pushkin.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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