Right before this event began, a man on a bridge refused to approach a cross, calling it "a weapon" wielded by "a wolf, a predator, a destroyerÂ…".
Right before this event began, a man on a bridge refused to approach a cross, calling it "a weapon" wielded by "a wolf, a predator, a destroyerÂ…". After this event, its leader went to another city, where he was offered meat during Lent by a holy fool, who insisted the other man ate "human blood." This event was caused because of suspicions of treason of Archbishop Pimen. Immediately after this event, its perpetrator was rebuked by Saint Nicholas of (*) Pskov. This five week event apparently took place because a man irrationally suspected Pimen was going to surrender to Sigmund Augustus of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. During it, mass interrogations and trials took place in the suburb of Gorodishche, with women and children thrown into the Volkhov River.. For 10 points, what 1570 bloody attack on a city was perpetrated by the oprichniki of Ivan the Terrible?
Right before this event began, a man on a bridge refused to approach a cross, calling it "a weapon" wielded by "a wolf, a predator, a destroyerÂ…".
Massacre of Novgorod [accept answers featuring synonyms for "massacre"; accept attack on Pskov until "Pskov" is mentioned]