Ivan IV Vasilyevich was just a teenager when he was crowned czar and grand prince of all Russia on January 16, 1547. Today, Ivan is better known as Ivan the Terrible, though the name wouldn’t be ...

Over the next century the Mongol threat diminished to an occasional nuisance. In 1547 modern Russia emerged under the rule of the first Tsar. The first major defeat was during 1558-83 when there was a ...