Ivan groznyj

Robert Yuryevich Vipper was one of Stalin"s favorite historians. Stalin read all his books very carefully, on almost every page you can find notes, underlines, comments. It can be seen that Vipper was read more than once - and the books made a strong impression. "If Ivan IV died in 1566, at the time of his greatest successes on the Western Front ..., the historical memory would have appropriated the name of the great conqueror, the creator of the world"s largest power in the world, like Alexander Macedonian ... Ivan IV would remain surrounded in a historical tradition. The glory of a wonderful reformer ... Ivan the Terrible, however, a different fate, deeply tragic fell. He lived for another 18 years, and these were years of heavy losses, great misfortunes for the country .... He fell into the heading of "tyrants", was attached to the Society of Caligula, Nero, Louis XI ... In my essay, I tried, as far as possible, to restore the historical significance of Ivan the Terrible as one of the largest political and military figures