A new textbook soon to be taught in Russian schools leans on the works of a 16th-century monk. It fits a pattern of ...

In 1547, Ivan IV (1530-1584), archduke of Moscow, crowns himself Tsar of Russia and sets about reclaiming lost Russian territory. In scenes of his coronation, his wedding to Anastasia, his ...

Ivan the Terrible is one of the most controversial figures, but at the same time one of the most prominent in Russia’s history, the culture minister said in his welcome address ORYOL ...

Sergei Eisensteins grand unfinished 1940s50s film trilogy Ivan the Terrible had elaborate incidental music by Sergei Prokofiev In 1975 Yuri Grigorovich for thirty years the chief choreographer of ...

A two-part historical epic film about Ivan IV of Russia made by Russian director Sergei Eisenstein. Part 1 was released in 1944 but Part 2 was not released until 1958 due to political censorship.

It was written, supposedly, by Sylvester, a monk-tutor of czar Ivan the Terrible. Unsurprisingly, some teachings from “Domostroi” seem out-of-keeping with today’s sensibilities. For example ...