Ivan the Terrible
You're Dead to Me
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Ivan the Tough Kills His Son
i think the most vivid thing i would dare say, any russian child remembers is like the legendary repin painting of ivan the terrible killing his own son. He wasn't ivan the cudley? You might be picturing a bearded, evil genius, similar to his appearance as the baddy in the two thousand and nine film night ot the museum battle of the smithsonian. But what about the man himself? Was he really so terrible? Have we got him wrong? Should we be more sympathetic to ivan the lovely? Let's find out!
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