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Oprichniks (Russian: опри́чники, IPA: [ɐˈprʲitɕnʲɪk], oprichniki,
meaning "men of oprichina"; singular:
oprichnik) were a
corps that
served as bodyguards...
- The
Oprichnik (Russian: «Опричник», IPA: [ɐˈprʲitɕnʲɪk] ), also
translated as The Guardsman, is an
opera in 4 acts, 5 scenes, by
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky...
- Day of the
Oprichnik (Russian: День опричника, Den' oprichnika) is a 2006
novel by the
Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin. The
narrative is set in the near...
- A Song
about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, the
Young Oprichnik, and the
Valorous Merchant Kalashnikov (Russian: Песня про царя Ивана Васильевича, молодого опричника...
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extended to
eight central districts. Of the 12,000
nobles there, 570
became oprichniks, and the rest were expelled. They had to make
their way to the zemshchina...
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Russian pronunciation: [ˈfʲɵdər bɐˈsmanəf]) (fl. 1562–1570) was a
Russian oprichnik,
warlord and a
favorite of Ivan the Terrible. The word "Basman" denoted...
- and he was
investigated for ****. His 2006 novel, Day of the
Oprichnik,
describes a
dystopian Russia in 2027, with a Tsar in the Kremlin, a Russian...
- (Russian: Богдан Яковлевич Бельский; died 1611) was a
Russian statesman,
oprichnik, and a
close ****ociate of Ivan the Terrible.
Bogdan was not
related to...
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Flowers and Insects. The
first Tchaikovsky opera to
survive intact, The
Oprichnik,
premiered in 1874.
During its composition, he lost Ostrovsky's part-finished...
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Serpeisk campaign as an
archer of the guard. The
following year he
became an
oprichnik – a
member of Ivan's
personal guard and
secret police. In 1570/1571, Godunov...
