- The
oprichnina (Russian: опри́чнина, IPA: [ɐˈprʲitɕnʲɪnə]) was a
state policy implemented by Tsar Ivan the
Terrible in
Russia between 1565 and 1572. The...
- the
boyar council or church. Ivan
decreed the
creation of the
oprichnina. The
oprichnina was a
separate territory within the
borders of Russia, mostly...
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quickly became possibly the most
vicious in the
brutal legacy of the
oprichnina, with
casualties estimated between two
thousand to
fifteen thousand and...
- (Russian: опри́чники, IPA: [ɐˈprʲitɕnʲɪk], oprichniki,
meaning "men of
oprichnina"; singular: oprichnik) were a
corps that
served as bodyguards, police...
-
finally abandoned the
practices of the
oprichnina.
According to a po****r theory,[citation needed][by whom?] the
oprichnina was
started by Ivan in
order to mobilize...
-
oprichnina and,
having become its head,
separated for her from the land "outside her"
people and income; all that was not
included in this
oprichnina...
- Russia, the film
chronicles his
reign and
details his
formation of the
oprichnina and
conflict with the boyars,
particularly with his aunt (Serafima Birman)...
- rule of King
Henry VIII
during the
Tudor period as a
police state. The
Oprichnina established by Tsar Ivan IV
within the
Russian Tsardom in 1565 functioned...
- Ivan the
Terrible (he
claimed to be a
member of the
Oprichnina)," the city, the palace, the
Oprichnina palace, and the
suburbs burned down
completely in...
- is an old
Russian fortress which served as the
actual capital of the
oprichnina in the
Moscow state from 1564
until 1581. It was
situated on the current...
