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Ivan the Terrible and the Making of Russia Ivan the Terrible, as he is known in English, is actually named Ivan IV Vasilyevich. He was the first tsar of Russia. A tsar was the supreme ruler of the Russian empire. Ivan was actually only three years old when his father died in 1533, making him the Grand Prince of Moscow. His mother helped him rule until her death when Ivan was eight years old. Ivan's appointment as tsar was the beginning of a centralized Russian government.
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Wars of Alexander the Great The wars of Alexander the Great were fought by King Alexander III of Macedon (The Great), first against the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Darius III, and then against local chieftains and warlords as far east as Punjab, India.
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Ivan the Terrible Within a few years, his armies had defeated the invasive Tartars (Ivan commissioned the building of St. Basil's Cathedral in celebration), and Ivan earned the nickname Grozny. It's been translated as terrible, but its meaning was closer to awesome or fearsome..
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The Boogeyman (wrestler) Boogeyman and Little Boogeyman were defeated in a mixed tag match by Finlay and Hornswoggle at Saturday Night's Main Event. The Boogeyman ended his tenure on SmackDown with a loss to Mark Henry in a squash match, as part of Henry's new Path of Destruction gimmick. After that match, Mark Henry then beat up Little Boogeyman who was at ringside, and Henry gave him a body splash, (kayfabe) severely injuring him.
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- On This Day: Andrew Jackson Kills Charles Dickinson in a Duel. May 30, 2011 06:00 AM. by findingDulcinea Staff. On May 30, 1806, future president Andrew Jackson killed a rival horse breeder who had insulted him and his wife, but also suffered a shot to the chest.
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- Ivan IV Vasilyevich (1530-1584), was the first of two children of Basil III and Elena Glinskaya. Ivan came into the world on August 25, 1530. Nearly a year after this Ivan's father died when he was only three. Basil had died due to a small, little pimple on his thigh that had developed into a deadly sore.
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- The Battle of Gaugamela (1st October 331 BCE, also known as the Battle of Arbela) was the final meeting between Alexander the Great of Macedon and King Darius III of Persia. After this victory, Alexander was, without question, the King of all Asia.
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Russian Winter In the Great Northern War, Charles XII of Sweden invaded Russia in 1707. The Russians retreated, adopting a scorched-earth policy. This winter was the most brutal of the 18th century, so severe that the seaport of Venice froze during the Great Frost of 1709.
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- The event was headlined by a rematch between longtime multi-divisional contenders Vitor Belfort and Dan Henderson. Henderson defeated Belfort in their first encounter in 2006 at Pride 32 via unanimous decision.
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- Ivan the Terrible: Ivan IV (August 25, 1530 ... He is also known as Ivan the Terrible (Ivan Grozny). Ivan the Terrible retains his place in the Russian ... Read more. Positive: 10 %. Ivan IV, The Terrible was a cruel tyrant, ... and his called name Grozny, meaning The ... ivan the terrible ...
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich For the Austrian development critic, see Ivan Illich. The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Russian: смерть ивана ильича, Smert' Ivána Ilyichá), first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, considered one of the masterpieces of his late fiction, written shortly after his religious conversion of the late 1870s.
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Six Decades LaterStalin Cult Alive and Well in Russia Ivan the Terrible was filmed during World War II by director Sergey Eisenstein at Stalin's request. The film takes place in the 16th century, showing the life of Ivan IV, the Tsar of All Russians, whose sadistic inclination earned him the epithetic the Terrible in the West.
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Wladimir Klitschko says Tyson Fury 'has a big mouth' ahead of world heavyweight title fight This guy is a massive guy, tall, a true heavyweight, big mouth and undefeated. It is a real threat, so to say, for the champion, which is me in this case. Many people look forward to see how the champ is going to handle it. Wladimir Klitschko beat David Haye in July 2011. Fury’s young.
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The Wars of Independence In 1286 Alexander's heir to the throne was Margaret, the Maid of Norway, but her death in 1290 brought Scotland to the brink of civil war as two claimants emerged for the vacant throne, John Balliol and Robert Bruce (grandfather of the more famous Robert Bruce who fought at Bannockburn). Both men had powerful claims.
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Battle of Hastings Hardrada and Tostig defeated a hastily gathered army of Englishmen at the Battle of Fulford on 20 September 1066, and were in turn defeated by Harold at the Battle of Stamford Bridge five days later. The deaths of Tostig and Hardrada at Stamford left William as Harold's only serious opponent.
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Ivan Drago ―Ivan Drago to Rocky Balboa. Ivan Drago is a Russian boxer, Olympian, an Infantry Captain for the Soviet Army, and was the main antagonist in Rocky IV. He was an amateur boxer and Olympic gold medallist from the Soviet Union, armed with a punch over 2,000 psi.
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Prominent Russians: Ivan IV the Terrible Czar of all Russia. Smart and a keen reader, early on Ivan started dreaming of unlimited power. In 1547, aged 16, he was finally crowned Czar of all Russia, the first ruler to officially assume the title. The young ruler started out as a reformer, modernising and centralising the country.
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From Kasporov's clash against a computer to Bobby Fischer's sensational victory: Ten of the greatest chess games of all time From Kasporov's clash against a computer to Bobby Fischer's sensational victory: Ten of the greatest chess games of all time. 1  Other sensational chess matches include the youngest ever World No 1 Magnus Carlsen vs 'The World' and astronaut Frank Poole against his spaceship's HAL 9000 computer in sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. 1 DEEP BLUE vs GARRY KASPAROV.
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INSTITUTE FOR HISTORICAL REVIEW Treblinka became the focus of worldwide attention in 1987-1988 during the 14-month trial in Jerusalem of John (Ivan) Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian-born American factory worker. As Treblinka's Ivan the Terrible, Demjanjuk supposedly operated the machinery used to gas hundreds of thousands of Jews there.
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- The ‘holy fool’ Basil the Blessed, who Ivan the Terrible was a big fan of, is the reason why the church is nicknamed St Basil’s Catherdral 5. An exhibition commemorating St Basil’s 450th anniversary opens today in Moscow
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403 Forbidden Larry Holmes recalls strength of Ken Norton, who died today at age 70. Former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes says he found out about Ken Norton's strength the night they fought in Las Vegas in 1978. Holmes, the Easton Assassin, beat Norton in a bruising 15-round split decision on June 9, 1978, to claim the World Boxing Council title.
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Castration at the Battle of Adwa (1896) Castration at the Battle of Adwa (1896) In this battle, Ethiopians beat back the invading Italians and forced them to retreat permanently. It was not until 1922 that Benito Mussolini would again initiate designs against Ethiopia, leading to its defeat in 1936, but ultimately, Ethiopia retained its independence.
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- Ivan IV Vasilyevich, commonly known as Ivan the Terrible or Ivan the Fearsome, was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547, then Tsar of All the Russias until his death in 1584. The last title was used by all his successors. During his reign, Russia conquered the Khanates of Kazan, Astrakhan and Sibir, becoming a multiethnic and multicontinental state spanning approximately 4,050,000 km2. He exercised autocratic control over Russia's hereditary nobility and developed a bureaucracy to admini
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- Indeed, it took the combined efforts of Itachi Uchiha (an S-rank prodigy of the Uchiha clan), Killer B (a perfect jinchūriki), and Naruto Uzumaki (a nearly-perfect jinchūriki) to successfully defeat Nagato.
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Heâs the Last Boxer to Beat Floyd Mayweather Jr., and He So Regrets It The victory by Todorov, then 27, over Mayweather, then 19, in the featherweight semifinals of the 1996 Olympic boxing tournament was the last time Mayweather lost in the ring.
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- On April 18, 1847, he defeated Santa Anna in the critical battle at Cerro Gordo. Though Mexican resistance continued to be formidable, Scott captured Mexico City on Sept. 14, 1847. Santa Anna went into voluntary exile while a new Mexican government negotiated peace.