Boris Godunov's Rule

In The Reforming Tsar: The Redefinition of Autocratic Duty in Eighteenth  Century Russia, Cynthia Whittaker argues that depending on the historical, cultural and contextual period, there can be demarcated two types, both distinctive and contrasting, of Russian sovereigns, namely the “good tsar” and the “reforming tsar”. The scholar juxtaposes the two models of monarchs against the backdrop of “medieval” versus “modern” type of governance. According to it the “good tsar” typology, which is typical for the earlier Muscovy realm, defines the ruler as pious and inert, characterized by its liturgical form and static nature of the rule. The “good tsar” is bound to uphold Orthodoxy, preserve and control public order, help the poor and the underdogs

Russia emerged as a significant power during the 1500s through war. It fought its neighbors and expanded its territory aimlessly. Ivan the Terrible’s expansion brought him into contact with both Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Aiming to gain a port and outlet to the Baltic,

He added vast new territories to the realm by successfully defeating Mongol power. He layed the foundation for a huge, ethnic Russian empire. After Anastasia, his beloved wifes death, he threatened to jail and execute anyone who tried to oppose him. Lots of boyar familes were executed and also their familes, friends, servants and peasants. The rest of what was left of the broken up estates were given to the service nobility. These people got this name from serving in tsar's army. All commoners who were trying to be forced to be servants fled to the conquered territories to the east and south. After their arrival they joined all the free people and outlaw armies living there. They were known as Cossacks. Russia entered yet another chaotic period following the death of Ivan IV. This period was known as the "Time of Troubles." During this time the Cossacks and peasants rebelled against all nobles and officials. This explosion brought the nobility together and they elected ivans grandnephew as the new hereditary tsar. Social and religious uprisings continued after his election. After a long war, Russia was able to gain a large amount of the ukraine because of wesk and decentralized Poland in

Ivan IV, also known as “Ivan the Terrible,” lived from 1530 to 1584 and was the first Tsar of Russia. He officially reigned from the age of three; however, he did not have any real power until he crowned himself “Tsar” of Russia in 1547. He went on to conquer vast amounts of neighboring territories, eventually controlling the largest empire in the world at the time. In addition to increasing the Russian Tsardom’s size, he also completely restructured the political system. He took away all power from the noble boyar elite, and became an absolute monarch. This was good because the boyars at the time had been corrupt, and more interested in their personal interests than the interests of the state (Ivan the Terrible).

Therefore she had a miscarriage. His son then had a dispute with his dad about this beating. In a sudden attack of rage, Ivan the Terrible raised his iron-tipped staff and struck his child a mortal hit to the head. The Prince lay in a coma for a few days before he died from the wound. Ivan IV was overcome by amazing grief, hitting his head against his son's casket(Nedorostek).He also blinded the planner of St. Basil's Cathedral. It was additionally this time he made the Oprichniki, the main authority mystery Russian police

On his deathbed, the Grand Prince of Moscow, Vasily III, told his wife, Princess Elena Glinskaya, that his first son, Ivan IV, would inherit the throne after he dies and she would serve as regent until he came of age, since he was three at the time. After his father’s burial, Ivan IV “was proclaimed the true Sovereign of all Russia” (Payne and Romanoff 24).

Imperial Russia was an empire that existed from 1721 up until 1917, when it was overthrown in the October revolution. During this time, the Russian Empire was ruled by a Tsar, as an absolute hereditary monarchy, under the system of Tsarist autocracy (Tsarist Government 2014). For nearly two centuries, nine emperors and four empresses succeeded one another on the Russian Throne. The Tsar ruled with the authority of divine right; a medieval notion and cult that God had selected the Tsar to represent him on

Raleigh's next interview in his book was with Arkadii Olegovich Darchenko. Arkadii has had a difficult life, being forced to change his entire career path multiple times, working as a nuclear physicist, then as an institute specialist, and finally as a computer programmer, starting from near scratch every time. He identified these changes in trajectory to be one of the biggest influences in his life, as he was forced to learn how to adapt even when he believed it beyond him. Born in Siberia, where his father worked in one of the gulags until he had worked off his debt, his father taught him the importance of independence, which was a skill Arkadii later required in spades to negotiate changes without becoming entangled in the Communist Party.

Ivan IV, also called Ivan the Terrible, was the Grand Prince of Russia in the 16th century from the years 1533-1584. During his long reign as Russia’s leader, he transformed Russia from a small futile country to an empire. Because of his success in the government and taking control of neighboring lands this led him into becoming the first czar in 1547. Ivan the Terrible increased the power and position of Russia politically and militarily by defeating and slaughtering all those that got in his way and creating trade and political alliances with the people who supported his polices and goals he set out to achieve.

During the LIvonian War Ivan the Terrible captured several castles and towns in Eastern Latvia and held some of them for four years. The 24 year long War completely ruined Estonia and Eastern Latvia, the Russians conquered Latvia using the cruel Mongolian war methods which Ivan IV refined by introducing sadistic secret police (the Oprichnina) practices, rape of women, murder of children, mutilation of men, robbery of property, burning of houses, etc. All to be suffered by the defenseless Latvian and Estonian people for a whole generation.

Therefore, as indicated above, although the image of Ivan III has yet to be studied in greatest detail, and despite of the definite ambivalence of his ruling models, it can be argued that he is among the pioneering Russian rulers to embody some of the characteristics of the “reforming tsar” in the relevant context of his time. Ivan IV the Terrible (ruled from 1533 to 1584) also tried to follow the steps of his predecessors along the axes – expansion of the territory of his state and a more solidified inclusion of Russia in Europe. On the one hand, he succeeded, as he managed to incorporate the Khanate of Kazan and then he centralized his power by becoming Tsar of all Russian lands and peoples, and in the foreign policy realm he managed to further stabilize Russian

Ivan the Great was the first Russian Ruler to receive full independence for the Golden Horde. Since 1472 he payed no respect to the khan. Ivan unified Russia in 1472 and 1480. After he got married he ran into some ceremonial conflicts. Ivan the Great became to be know as the spokesman of Rome After he unified Russia he made the strength of the bond stronger than it was ever. His reign marks the beginning of Muscovite Russia. He assumed the title of 'Sovereign of all Russia', and adopted the emblem of the two-headed eagle of the Byzantine Empire. Ivan's refusal to share his conquests with his brothers, and his subsequent interference with the internal politics of their inherited principalities, involved him in several wars with them, from which, though the princes were assisted by Lithuania, he emerged victorious. inally, Ivan's new rule of government, formally set forth in his last will to the effect that the domains of all his kinsfolk, after their deaths, should pass directly to the reigning Grand Duke instead of reverting, as hitherto, to the princes' heirs, put an end once and for all to these semi-independent

Ivan life began in the same fashion it would continue: in a tempest. His father murdered when he was three years old, his suspected murderer-Ivan's uncle. Following this disaster Ivan succeeded to the throne. His mother, Jelena Glinsky, crowned herself "regent" and "protector", an ambitious choice that would prove deadly to her self, and detrimental to

Besides the characters Luzhim, Svidrigailov, Alonya and Litzaveta, and the police officers, everyone in the story are pretty much poor. Through Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky writes about the living conditions of the poor and how individuals have the right to rebellion. Fyodor Dostoevsky does this through the use of distinct dialogue, symbolism, and through making the audience sympathizes with the characters. Dostoevsky writes about the slums of St. Petersburg, which was still in ruins after the new tsars take over and the Napoleonic Wars. In 1801, Alexander 1 became the first Russian Tsar after the assassination of Emperor Paul.

Malenkov was the successor to the infamous Joseph Stalin’s communist party reign. Stalin died in March of 1953 and Georgi Malenkov took control of the Soviet Union just a day later. Malenkov only ruled for three months until a political coalition was formed to overthrow him, and Nikita Khrushchev. This short reign expressed the distaste that the Russian government had for reform, since Malenkov was rumoured to be a reformist attempting to modernize Russia away from brutal communist dictatorships, he was taken out of power. He was the first of many Russian leaders to attempt humane reform for his country. This plays into current leadership in the sense that Libya overthrew their government recently to try and establish peace among the country,